australian+historical+conflicts

The Boar War: 1899-1902 austrlian soilders, over 10,000 were sent to africa to fight the boar settlers along with the British. the reason they were in it was to support the british army.

WW I: more than 300,000 australians were sent to fight in WW I from 1914-1918. of those 60,000 died. the aussies faught with the allies. one of the big reasons they faught is because like many other wars they were with britin and britin was in this war.

WW II: over 900,000 australians were involved with WW II. nearly 28,000 died. again they were with the british and the allies. they were also part of it because a large portion was faught right near australia in the pacific islands. they were so close that japan often attacked the continent direclty through air raids and submarine. mant chemical warfare weopons were also tested in australia, sometimes on people.

Korean War: When north Korea invaded south Korea in 1950 Australian troops such as navy, army, and air force quickly were sent there. they were close because they were still with the British commonwealth occupation force in japan. later more troops form Australia were also sent from the continent. by the time the war ended in 1953 there were 1584 casualties.

The Malayan Emergency: In 1948 the British colonial government declared a state of emergency in Malaya because of violence and unrest caused by the Malayan communist party insurgents. British, Malayan, and Australian troops were all sent to fight. the state of emergency was not lifted for another 12 years in 1960, once the federation of Malaya won independence.Australia's involvment began when they sent 6 bombers and a flight of transport plains.

Indonesian Confrontation: This was a small undecalaired war that was caused because the president of Indonesia wanted to destroy the new federation of Malaysia because he thought it was a plan by the British to keep controling south-east Asia after they lost Malaya. In 1963 Indonesia started sending small groups of troops into Malaysia on the border. later they increased with normal attacks on Malaysia. Australians were already in Malaysia because it was British so they helped defend the border. In 1965 British and Australian troops were sent to Borneo to set up bases in order to further defend. because of the sensitive times on the border they never admited they were there at the time. eventually the 2 country's sighned a peace treaty. in all Australia contributed r infantry battaliens, 2 special air force spuades, several artillery batteries, engineers, ships and many more. 23 Australians were killed during this.

Vietnam War: the Last Australian troops were withdrawn from Vietnam in December 1972 ,by then Australians fought in Vietnam for more than 10 years. During the course of the war one way Australia supported the allies was by sending transport and destroyer ships. The Australian air force also helped serve in the war.