The Geneva Accords signed on 21 July 1954
divided the former French colony of Indo China into two new nations: North
Vietnam and South Vietnam. Almost immediately, the rulers of North Vietnam
began a war aimed at re-uniting North and South. The perceived success of
the North in subverting the South resulted in military intervention by the
US and some of its allies in South East Asia, including Australia,
starting in the early 1960s.
To assist our visitors, information on this
site is presented as:
 • A brief overview
• Australian casualties
• Supplementary information and anecdotes
• The Battle
of Long Tan
-- Watch the Long Tan PPT
slide presentation (7 mbyte). (Requires Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
or later, or the PowerPoint viewer download
(2mbyte); courtesy of Dave
Sabben.
-- The Long Tan Cross. A brief history of
the memorial erected near the site of the battle of Long Tan, plus useful
information for persons contemplating a visit.
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