wanted someone who could lead them away from this and respond against communism and that’s why they choose Menzies because of the spread of communism. Australia acted fast and joined USA to fight the spread of communism and to keep the peace treaties ANZUS. The Australian government started to send troops over to Vietnam to stop the Viet Cong. The Vietnam War divided Australia politically and socially‚ people felt bad that Australia was fighting in a civil war because the deaths of innocent civilians
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The Vietnam War had a big impact on New Zealand war veterans. Between 1964-1972‚ there was about 4‚000 young New Zealanders who had volunteered to service in Vietnam‚ they were wanting to get out into the world and do something exciting but the thrills of war were soon replaced by the gruesome reality. Things got worse when they finally returned home as they came to face an angry public and were told to get out of their uniform quickly and not to tell anyone where they had been. The full impact of
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to minimize the threat of communism. The treaty was signed by Australia‚ New Zealand and the United States. By signing the treaty all three nations were obliged to help each other out if either of them were to be under attack. Australia signed the Anzus treaty because Australia believed that it needed strong allies to keep Australia safe from the threat of
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their alliance and its contribution to stability in the region at the same time as seeking to forge greater cooperation in the region. There is a clear link between Australia ’s long standing alliance relationship with the United States under ANZUS and their commitment to engagement with Asia. They are mutually reinforcing. Australia and the US will also continue to work for regional stability through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF). The ARF has
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Communism is a system where there is no private ownership of business or property and the country’s wealth gets shared among the population. Vladimir Lenin started the communist international which was an organisation with an aim of spreading communism throughout the world. Communism really was a threat to Australians in the 1950s‚ the events of the Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism
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strengthen its security in the region and make themselves safer against communism. This pact meant that if one of the countries were attacked or invaded‚ other countries within the alliance would assist and defend them. This pact is known as the ANZUS treaty. The ANZUS treaty was signed in September 1951 and came into effect the following year. By 1954 conflicts in South-East Asia were posing a larger threat to neighbouring countries and Australia. The “domino theory” swept across Australia instilling
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The primary internal reason how Australia responded to the threat of communism was by Menzies and the Liberal Party attempting to ban the CPA. Menzies tried to ban the CPA two times. The first time was in 1950‚ when the Liberal Party introduced the Communist Party Dissolution Bill (CPDB). Menzies tried to make it a law so that the CPA would become illegal. However‚ this was unsuccessful as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and many other unions opposed it as this would lead to the Liberal Party to
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1950 and 1953. The end result after the horrendous bloodshed was the border between the two states being moved north a further 2km. Australia’s service in the Korean War resulted in many political and security benefits‚ the most important being the ANZUS
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it there before reaching their country. Certain treaties were made during the cold war such as the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation) and the ANZUS (Australia‚ New Zealand‚ United States Security Treaty)‚ these treaties were formed to stop communism growing in Asian (SEATO) and support from New Zealand and the US is Australia was in war (ANZUS). However‚ as the war went on peoples attitude towards the war began to change‚ the more people thought about it the more they realised it was more
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unnecessary deployment of the Australian troops were the alliances between the members and protected nations‚ the Domino effect and the assumption of the Vietnam War being the next WW3. ANZUS and SEATO treaties were created in order for the protection of the treaty member countries and the protected states. The ANZUS treaty was founded in result to the escalating fear of communist expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The terms of the treaty declared that members must show support and unity for each
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