New Zealand was part of the Australian, New Zealand, US treaty called ANZUS. When we asked Australia and New Zealand to send military forces to South Vietnam they complied.
yes they were involved in the Vietnam war.
Australia and New Zealand did, but the UK did not.
New Zealand was a part of the ANZUS Pact which called for mutual support.
Part of the ANZUS treaty; Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
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All nations declined to get involved with the war except US, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines, ROK, and the RVN.
In the last fifty years New Zealand has been involved in five wars. The country was involved in the Vietnam War, Indonesiaâ??Malaysia confrontation, Gulf War, 2006 East Timorese crisis, and War in Afghanistan.
New Zealand sent artillerymen to South Vietnam; all volunteers.
New Zealand got involved in World War I in August of 1914.
New Zealand participated in World War II, helping the United States and Great Britain. After World War II, it was concerned with the spread of Communism. In May of 1965, Prime Minister Keith Holyoake agreed to send combat troops to Vietnam. Before that New Zealand had sent medical personal and combat engineers. The war was controversial and all of New Zealand's forces were out by 1972.
Besides the US; Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines sent COMBAT units to Vietnam.
North Vietnam (supplied by USSR/Red China) against US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, S. Korea, and S. Vietnam.