Battle of Long Tan

Director: Bruce Beresford

Release date: 2007

Synopsis:

The conflict was one of the seminal battles of the Vietnam War for Australian and New Zealand troops. Eighteen Australians died Aug. 18, 1966, when a contingent of 108 soldiers from Australia and New Zealand fought off 2,500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in a rubber plantation at Long Tan, with enemy casualties numbering 200-500.

Bruce Beresford Takes On 'Battle Of Long Tan'
Bruce Beresford is set to write and direct the new Australian feature based on the Battle of Long Tan , says the Hollywood Reporter. The conflict was one of the seminal battles of the Vietnam War for Australian and New...