‎Vietnam The War That Made Australia - Apple TV

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The Australian Army Training Team fought shouldertoshoulder with the South Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War The Team was Australiarsquos first unit to enter the war advising the South Vietnamese forces and working alongside the CIA to raise an indigenous guerrilla force With many telling their stories for the first time they bear the physical and psychological scars of that combat

2016 · 1h 15m

Director Mike Bluett, Sally Aitken

EPISODE 1

The War Before The War

In The Early 1960s Communism Threatens Asia So Australia Sends An Elite Unit Of Soldiers To Train The South Vietnamese Army To Fight The Communists The Australian Army Training Team Vietnam – Aka The Team – Would Eventually Fight Sidebyside With The Vietnamese And Find Itself Involved In Violent Cialed Campaigns To Defeat The Viet Cong
EPISODE 2

Body Count

From 1965 Onward The Vietnam War Becomes Increasingly Vicious And The Australian Army Training Team Aka The Team Finds Itself At The Heart Of The Most Intense Fighting As The Communists Tet Offensive Explodes Across Vietnam Team Veterans And Their South Vietnamese Colleagues Describe Their Parts In This Crucial Period Of The Vietnam War
EPISODE 3

Exit Wounds

Australia And The Us Are Pulling Out Of The Vietnam War And The Australian Training Team Must Leave Behind The Vietnamese With Whom Theyve Fought For Almost Ten Years But The Teams Bond With The Vietnamese Remains Unbroken As They Help Refugees To Settle In Australia And In The Process Help To Transform The Country Of Australia Into A Modern Multicultural Society

The Vietnam War
Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered
Bomb Harvest
In the Year of the Pig
War Games
No Substitute for Victory
Paradise Soldiers
Bullet Points
War in the Shadows

Mike Bluett

Director
Sally Aitken

Director
Anthony Willinge

Producer
Jacquiline Willinge

Producer
Dan Brown

Producer
Mike Bluett

Writer