Australia at Vietnam War In the years following the end of the Second World War, colonies of the Western Powers throughout Africa and Asia were clamouring for self-determination and nationhood. ... The French forced the Viet Minh into the country areas and first Indo-Chinese war had begun. ... In 1950, the war moved from the passive to the active stage. French troops were concentrated in fortresses in North Vietnam fighting a static war. ... French public opinion had long turned against the war and "sale guerre" ("dirty war") was on everyone's lips. ...

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The women that most Americans remember from this era fell into two archetypes "the wives and other family members waiting for their soldiers to return, or the "hippie- women anti-war protestors who tried to persuade men from going to war. ... Many women saw the war as an opportunity for personal advancement in their professional career. ... Some of these women traveled in and out of Vietnam at various intervals during the war, while others had a more permanent presence in the war effort. ... While this was one of the major disadvantages that the Army nurses of previous wars had not de...

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