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Aussies In Vietnam: The Battle at Long Tan

The video discusses the 1966 battle of Australian troops at the village of Long Tan in the Phuoc Tuy province, and how they overcame insurmountable obstacles to turn an almost certain defeat into one of the most dramatic victories of the Vietnam War. Initial deployment was 7,000, while over 60,000 would serve throughout the war. This battle was pivotal in the Vietnam War, and is still considered one of the most dramatic in Australian military history and is ranked as one of the most decisive battles of the Vietnam war. Whether we call it an "encounter with the enemy", "a meeting engagement", "walking into", "coming under fire", or "the enemy lying in wait" or "ambush" it all means the same. These encounters happened on a daily basis with ground forces including the U.S. troops in Vietnam with the NVA/VC's tactic to make an initial attack (such as a harassing mortar fire on the Australian base) and then lure the forces into an encounter. The Aussie's quick recovery at Long Tan is a testament of their leadership and training of the forces, and to the accurate and devastating counter artillery batteries from ANZAC and U.S. forces in the region. Data was researched from many sources including some of these: From "Vietnam Decisive Battles" published 1990: "At 1608 as Sharpe's men entered the clearing, they were met by a hail of fire". Other information states: "The VC also considered it a victory, due to the political success of an effective ambush and securing of the area around the village." Additionally, Days before the encounter, the base at Nui Dat was shelled by mortars and the expected NVA/VC attack on the base never came. Thus the enemy forces lured the patrolling Aussies into the Long Tan area. From theconversation.com: "There has also been a running debate in the veteran community about whether D Company wandered into an ambush. Chamberlain’s examinations of intelligence and a complex variety of Vietnamese sources suggest that the battle was a result of a Viet Cong (VC) tactic to “lure the tiger from the mountain” to fight the force of a new Australian base where it suited them." I made every effort to verify the information using several sources. My main source material is the book 'Vietnam Decisive Battles" by John Pimlott - since books are more difficult to change on the fly unlike online content. That said my reliance on the books information assumed the information to have been researched, vetted and documented before print. In the book it states (page 60): "...while the D445 VC Battalion (a locally raised guerilla unit) operated in the..." and later states it was a "regional" battalion of the VC. Thus, the information available to me shows that the D445 was a VC (Viet Cong) Battalion. Even Wiki (as unreliable a source as that is) states: "The 445th Battalion (D445 for short), also known as the D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion or the Ba Ria Battalion, was a local force battalion of the Viet Cong (VC) during the Vietnam War." Throughout the battle's chapter in the book the enemy is referred to as VC or Viet Cong. Later on Page 68 it reads: "...the 5th Division [NVA] was made up of two regiments, the 274th and the 275th". The Australian War Memorial does state that the 275th was a VC force while it only mentions the D445 Battalion once without specifying VC or NVA, so there appears to be some discrepancies in nomenclature based on source materials. In the Battle of Long Tan website is also states: "275 VC Main Force Regiment and D445 Battalion" but again does not specifically state whether the D445 is VC or NVA. Lastly, I also saw that Wiki states the NVA 5th Division (called PAVN - People's Army of North Vietnam) shows that division as an NVA unit, of which the 274th and 275th Regiments were part of. It reads: "The VC 5th Infantry Division was a division of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War and later became part of the People's Army of Vietnam...The division later comprised the 274th Regiment (Vietnamese: 4th "Đồng Nai" Regiment) and 275th Regiment (Vietnamese: "Cá Gô" 55 Regiment) plus supporting units." The Pritzker Military Museum & Library also has a section called Vietnam Key Battles. Sadly, the battle of Long Tan is omitted. Here in the U.S. there is little contemporary history of military engagements during the Vietnam War that were not American troops. Regardless of any data source I think we can all agree that the ANZAC units, specifically these fighting in Long Tan, were bad ass. I hope that this video will bring to light one spectacular battle. Using archival photos and videos, custom map animations, historical maps, and charts, we explore some of the most amazing and lesser known strategic and tactical missions in history.