BORN OF FIRE AND ASH – AUSTRALIA AND THE EAST TIMOR CRISIS – 1999-2000
Australia’s involvement in East Timor from 1999–2000 was this nation’s largest mission conducted under United Nations auspices, the single largest deployment of Australian Defence Force personnel since the Second World War and an instrumental part of Timor-Leste gaining its independence. The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was the first time Australia had led such a [...]
