Long Tan: The True Story
In the gathering dusk of 18 August 1966, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and NZ soldiers are separated and surrounded, fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,500 battle-hardened Vietnamese. And, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, with their ammunition running out and a Vietnamese battalion massing for the final assault, the digger's situation seems hopeless. With casualties mounting, can the six young Australian commanders and their men hold out until the relief force arrives? Told for the first time by both Viet Cong and Australian survivors of the battle with archival film, 'Long Tan' also details the cat-and-mouse intelligence and counter-intelligence moves by both sides before the battle.
Year: 2006
Genre: Documentaries, War Docos
Country: Australia
Duration: 54 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains war footage.
8.6/10
Location in store: Documentary (War)
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