The ANZUS treaty is signed
- When
- 1 September 1951
- Reach
- Nationwide
New Zealand, Australia and the United States signed a mutual security pact, completing the shift from British to American protection.
The treaty was the price Australia and New Zealand asked for accepting a soft peace with Japan, and it recognised what 1942 had already demonstrated. It governed New Zealand defence thinking for three decades, drawing the country into Korea and Vietnam. It effectively ended in 1986 when the United States suspended its obligations over the nuclear ships ban.
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