Australia and the Vietnam War

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Historian Ingeborg van Teeseling discusses the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Australia was an ally of America, and therefore fought on the side of the Americans. Young men were called up by the Australian army, by means of a lottery, and sent to the front.


This interview is in Dutch.

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