Australasia 1951: ANZUS
1 September 1951
1 Sep 1951
Decolonization of the Pacific
1788–1859 Australasian Colonies
1859–1901 Colonial Consolidation
1901–1941 Southern Dominions
1941–1945 War in the Pacific
1945–1987 Decolonization of the Pacific
1987–pres Modern Australasia
ANZUS
By August 1950, the nationalists were in control of Indonesia, replacing the United States of Indonesia with a unified Republic. Meanwhile the Korean War had broken out, bringing the Cold War which had been brewing between the United States and the Soviet Union into full swing. To shore up the defence against communism in the South Pacific, the US signed the ANZUS Pact with Australia and New Zealand in 1951.