2024年9月18日 · On 29 April 1965 Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced in parliament that Australia would send a battalion of combat troops to Vietnam. The decision was motivated by a desire to strengthen strategic relations with the United States and to halt the spread of communism in South-East Asia.

Robert Menzies was twice prime minister of Australia - and was responsible for the deployment of Australian troops in Vietnam in April 1965.

2015年4月29日 · Today marks the 50th anniversary of Robert Menzies’ offer of an Australian battalion to the South Vietnamese government. Prior to the prime minister’s offer, Australia’s commitment to the...

Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies announced his government’s military commitment to South Vietnam in a speech to the House of Representatives on April 29, 1965. Menzies said the government would provide an infantry batallion.

On April 29, 1965, Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies announced that, after consultation with the United States government, Australia would deploy an infantry battalion to Vietnam.

“The Menzies government has made a reckless decision on Vietnam which this nation may live to regret. It has decided to send Australian soldiers into a savage, revolutionary war in which the Americans are grievously involved, so that America may shelve a tiny part of her embarrassment…

Vietnam. This action simply underscores the full co-opcra-tion and understanding that has existed between our two Governments, and between both and the Government of South Vietnam, in assisting South Vietnam to maintain its independence. Like you, we have no desire to maintain military forces in

Fifty years after Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War, the role of Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies in this pivotal moment is reassessed. Menzies was influenced by a mix of geopolitical tensions, including the situation in Indonesia and the need for American support.

Sir Robert Menzies' government faced an obstructionist Labor opposition which lead to a double dissolution in 1951. By contrast, the issues that were at stake for us in Vietnam remain remarkably relevant to us today. Menzies' decision 50 years ago was all about responding to the power and ambition of China.

2023年4月29日 · On this day in 1965, then Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced in Parliament that Australia would send an infantry battalion of combat troops to Vietnam, significantly increasing our commitment to Australia’s longest 20th century conflict. More than 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam, with over 3,000 wounded.