Australia's Involvement In The Vietnam War Analysis

Explain the reasons why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War
Australia had multiple reasons which led to her involvement in the Vietnam War. Australia’s involvement consisted of four critical reasons that made young Australians to go to war in Vietnam. The fact that communism was in Australia gave many Australian citizens an internal fear. This brought Australians to resist communism in Vietnam and support the War. Australia became enthusiastic to support their alliances, where they requested for Australia to be involved in the War. All these reasons show Australia’s commitment to be involved in the Vietnam War.
To begin with Australia had an internal fear of communism which led to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Due to the acts of the CPA (communist party of Australia) it made many Australians oppose communism. Furthermore the
Before the Vietnam War, Australia went to war in Korea (Korean War) to fight against communism in Korea where the communist completely dominated the North Korean Region. Additionally Vietnam is a ‘key domino’ to knocking down Australia in the Domino Theory and as a result PM Menzies brought forth Forward Defence to Vietnam. Overall, it shows that Australian would be involved in the Vietnam War to fend off and stop the spread of communism.
Another reason Australia became involved in the Vietnam War is her alliances with other countries. During World War Two Australia experienced difficulties fighting against the Japanese and the United States came and assisted Australia, as a result Australia thought of the U.S as a bigger brother. To increase support from America, Australia were the first to put their hand up to help aid the U.S in the Vietnam War and set up ANZUS ( Australia, New Zealand ,United States). This shows that Australia is eager to improve their alliances and be involved in the Vietnam