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Training the Bodes Australian Army advisers training Cambodian infantry battalions- a postscript to the Vietnam War Terry Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newport, NSW Big Sky Publishing 2011.Description: 214 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781921941016
  • 1921941014
Other title:
  • Australian Army advisers training Cambodian infantry battalions- a postscript to the Vietnam War
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.70434 SMI
Summary: By the end of 1971, the hastily raised, poorly trained, and woefully led Cambodian army had suffered a string of defeats and heavy casualties inflicted by North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong units ... A small group of Australians, which never numbered more than 30 officers ... helped train 27 light infantry battalions of the Cambodian Army.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208) and index.

By the end of 1971, the hastily raised, poorly trained, and woefully led Cambodian army had suffered a string of defeats and heavy casualties inflicted by North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong units ... A small group of Australians, which never numbered more than 30 officers ... helped train 27 light infantry battalions of the Cambodian Army.

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