Australia ’s Involvement in the Vietnam War‚ the Political Dimension Part 1 © Brian Ross‚ 1995 Introduction This is the second post promised analysing why Australia entered the Vietnam War. American readers should be warned that because it looks primarily at the domestic political scene in Australia at the time‚ it does as a consequence refer to characters and events which most of you will not be aware of. However‚ I have included a short preface‚ attempting to identify most of the major players
Premium Australia Vietnam War
As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
Premium Cold War World War II Soviet Union
The only time Australia has come under direct attack from another country‚ was when Japan bombed Darwin and sunk a number of ships in Sydney‚ during World War 2. The question then has to be asked‚ why Australia has been involved in so many conflicts. A number of recent conflicts in this century come to mind‚ they include‚ The Boer War‚ World War One‚ World War Two and The Vietnam War. By far the conflict that drew the most outrage from Australian citizens was the Vietnam War. Australia has been drawn
Premium
Yusef Lyons U.S. History 6/6/2012 Should America Have Been Involved in World War I Several factors played a key role as to why America entered the war. Some of the most common reasons were the sinking of the Lusitania‚ the Zimmerman Telegram‚ America’s economic ties with the European powers‚ and the Russian Revolution. I personally feel that the U.S. should have gotten involved in WWI. America was trying to remain neutral and promote peace‚ but they couldn’t stand by and continue to let
Premium United States World War II World War I
The War in Vietnam is on event had many events which has impacted our history ever since the Vietnamese got independence from the French. The purpose of this essay is to explain how the Vietnam War led to many effects. The main reason why the Vietnam War occurred is because the Vietnamese wanted independence from the French. At first Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam
Premium Vietnam War Vietnam South Vietnam
stages of escalation from countries accross the globe‚ leading up to US military involvement in Vietnam. The events began with the French‚ who had returned to Vietnam to claim it for their empire after World War 2. It wasn’t expected that this would take as long as it did. Incredibly the French were defeated by Ho Chi Mihn’s Vietcong army at Dien Bien Phu. The Vietcong sought to promote communism in Vietnam. Communism was feared in America‚ the largest capitalist country in the world. The American
Free Vietnam War Cold War
Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was the longest war in Australia’s history. From the time Australia arrived at Vietnam in 1962 almost 60 000 Australians served in the war. 521 had died from the war and over 3000 were wounded. The war was the greatest social and political dispute since the referendums of World War 1. During the war it started to show that the attitudes towards the Vietnam War started to change in Australia. Propaganda started to spread in Australia about being part of the “domino
Premium Vietnam War World War II South Vietnam
The Vietnam War was fought throughout 1962 and 1975 between the communist North Vietnam and its communist allies‚ and the government of South Vietnam‚ supported by the United States and nations of the SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation). During the war‚ it became evident that the attitude towards the Vietnam War began to change as it developed. In the beginning of the Vietnam War‚ most Australian citizens and politicians had the unfounded propaganda that Australia would become a victim
Free Vietnam War Cold War Vietnam
Why Australia became involved in WW1 They became involved in august 1914 because Britain was preparing to declare war on Germany. Australia became involved in WW1 for a lot of reasons. The first reason that they were involved in the first war is because of Australia’s mother country (Britain). Entering the war in 1914 via their deep connection to the British‚ troops from Australia and New Zealand fought mainly in the Middle East . As Australia is still a part of the British Empire‚ we were pressured
Premium World War II World War I British Empire
What was the impact of the war on Australia and/or neighbouring countries? (Syllabus Question): Students are expected to study the impact of the war on ONE of the following: • Vietnam veterans and their families • Indo-Chinese refugees • Australian culture • Australia’s relations with Asia Veterans and their families: • Vietnam War veterans were no treated well on arrival to Australia unlike during WWI and WWII. • Unlike during 1918 when the government tried to assist soldiers with
Free Vietnam War Agent Orange Posttraumatic stress disorder