"We Don't Work With Amateurs" How Australians Broke The US Army

This isn’t about American firepower.
It isn’t about helicopters, napalm, or B-52 strikes that turned jungle into moonscape.

This is about something the U.S. military establishment refused to accept—until the evidence became impossible to ignore.

How did soldiers from a nation of just eight million people achieve what half a million American troops could not?
Why did elite U.S. Green Berets quietly request training under Australian SAS patrol commanders?
And what did these Australians understand about warfare that directly contradicted everything taught at West Point?

In the jungles of Vietnam, American doctrine relied on mass, attrition, and overwhelming force.
The Australian SAS relied on something else entirely: silence, patience, intelligence, and precision.

While battalions swept terrain and declared it pacified, six-man SAS patrols lived inside enemy territory for weeks—unseen, unheard, mapping supply networks, command structures, and movement patterns that entire divisions failed to detect.

This documentary explores how Australian SAS patrols dismantled Viet Cong infrastructure without fighting battles, why their results embarrassed larger formations, and how one small force forced the most powerful military on Earth to question its entire philosophy of war.

Based on operational records, after-action reports, and veteran testimony, this is not a story of superiority—it’s a story of competence, and why in jungle warfare, numbers often make you weaker, not stronger.

Stay until the end, because what the Australian SAS discovered in Vietnam didn’t just change the war—it reshaped modern special operations forever.

What You’ll Discover:

→ Why overwhelming force repeatedly failed in Vietnam
→ How SAS patrols controlled terrain without occupying it
→ Why intelligence mattered more than body counts
→ How six men achieved results battalions could not
→ Why U.S. special forces quietly adopted Australian methods



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DISCLAIMER⚠️: This video is based on historical accounts and documented experiences of WW2. All details represent composite narratives drawn from veteran testimonies and declassified operational reports. This content is educational and intended to honour the service and professionalism of all soldiers who served.



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