By March 1972 most of Australia's force was back. Then in December when Whitlam (Labour government) was elected he withdrew the last 150 (approx.) troops. That was the end. :)
President Johnson's visit to Australia during the Vietnam War was met by Australian anti-war protests.
Vietnam
Britain did not want to weaken it's forces in Europe by sending troops to Vietnam.
Australia mirrored US actions.
Australia deployed a regiment of their Centurion tanks to Vietnam.
Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War was to stop the spread of communism. What began as a limited engagement of a few troops ended with more than 60,000 troops in Vietnam and the title as Australia's most costly war.
for for years
he was the prime minister of Australia and he sent the troops to Vietnam
Australia was an ally of the US and sent troops to fight in both WWII and Vietnam.
Nixon said that he would pull troops out of Vietnam. Under a plan called "peace with honor", Nixon planned to negotiate an end to the war.
Australian troops entered into the Vietnam War on the 29th April 1965.
Yes. In fact both countries had combat troops helping South Vietnam during the Vietnam war.
That was the basis for Australia joining the ANZUS Pact, and the Pact was the basis for its entry into the Vietnam War.
He would pull American troops out as soon as it was possible.
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
Australia began exiting the war in Vietnam in 1970 and most all troops were out of the country by 1973. They did briefly send troops back in 1975 to help Australian embassy workers evacuate during the Fall of Saigon.
The Americans used a process called Vietnamization to pull their troops out of Vietnam. South Vietnamese soldiers slowly took over the jobs of American soldiers in Vietnam in order to get troops out without causing much of a dramatic change.