... North (the communist Vietcong) and the South (the capitalist French and USA). 1965. With Australia allied to America, it began sending in conscripts (young men forced to join the armed services) and thousands of troops to Saigon to assist the U.S.A. The Australian Government setup a propaganda campaign that the Vietnam war was a simple struggle between freedom and communism, and that free nations ... any closer to winning the war. In 1969, America began reducing the number of troops it was sending over and Australia did the same. It was on the 27th of December 1972, the newly elected La...

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