What Happens When a Routine Patrol Turns Into Australia’s Most Legendary Vietnam Battle?

In August 1966, Australia’s base at Nui Dat sat like a thorn in the side of the Viet Cong - quiet, relentless, and impossible to ignore. After a sudden midnight bombardment, Delta Company (6 RAR) is sent out on what should be a routine sweep to track enemy mortar positions.

Instead, 108 Australian soldiers walk straight into the Long Tan Rubber Plantation - and into a perfectly prepared trap.

A monsoon detonates over the battlefield. Visibility collapses. Radio calls turn frantic. And from the gray curtain of rain, a force of roughly 2,500 VC and North Vietnamese troops surges forward in wave after wave, trying to crush the Australians before nightfall.

This is the true story of the Battle of Long Tan - a fight defined by:
20-to-1 odds
danger-close artillery fired meters from friendly lines
a near-impossible Huey helicopter resupply through the storm and the moment armored APCs burst through the plantation at the last possible minute
It’s a brutal, rain-soaked test of discipline, combined arms, and the unbreakable bond of mateship - one that reshaped Australia’s battlefield reputation forever.

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