Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War “The decision to send an Australian infantry battalion to Vietnam is a grave one; these are inescapable obligations which fall on us because of our position‚ treaties and friendship. There was no alternative but to respond as we have.” - Robert Menzies The Vietnam War was the longest major conflict in which Australia has been involved in. It lasted ten years 1962-1972 and involved some 60‚000 personnel. The Vietnam War ultimately started and stemmed
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The Vietnam War was a lengthy war that began in 1954 and ended with the siege ofSaigon in 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam and South Vietnamand its ally‚ the United States. The United States sought to help protect South Vietnam fromcommunism. North Vietnam‚ controlled by Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh‚ was a communistregion of Vietnam that wanted to take control of South Vietnam. The United States got involvedin Vietnam due to the fact that they viewed South essential for
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American Involvement in Vietnam The Vietnam War was one of the longest‚ and most costly armed conflicts in American history. The North Vietnamese and its southern supporters‚ known as the Vietcong‚ sought to overthrow the South and create one unified‚ communist state of Vietnam. This goal pitted the United States and South Vietnam against the communist regime‚ and the US maintained a military and economic presence in the country for almost 25 years. The increased American presence in Vietnam was primarily
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Truman may have not been very involved in the vietnam war but his participation in this war dates back to the 1950s when he aided the french with around 160 million dollars. This started and established the U.S. interest in indochina. During President Kennedy’s presidency troops in vietnam increased from 1‚000 troops in the 1950’s to 9‚000 troops by 1962. Kennedy justified going to war to protect South Vietnam was because of the Domino Theory‚ that if vietnam becomes a communist country than other southeast
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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
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Richard Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He was sworn into office in January‚ 1969 and he resigned from office during his second term in 1974. Nixon is the only president to resign in all of American history (History.com Staff). Many people have a negative outlook on Nixon’s presidency because of the Watergate scandal. However‚ despite his bad reputation‚ Richard Nixon was one of the most transformative political figures in the 20th Century. He improved diplomatic relations with
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How did the involvement of the United States affect the outcome of World War II? Arrion Jackson Candidate Number- 002137-002 May 2012 I.B. 20th Century History Word Count- 1‚647 [pic] The USS West Virginia‚ USS Tennessee‚ and USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attack‚ US Territory of Hawaii‚ 7 Dec 1941 Part A: Plan of Investigation The United States before and after the beginning of World War II prided itself on independence and isolation from foreign affairs. The U.S. already had
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In 1954 at the Geneva Conference‚ Vietnam was divided into two‚ North and South Vietnam. One year later‚ the Vietnam War began and was fought between North Vietnam- communist allies and South Vietnam- anti-communist allies. Vietnamese Communist forces occupied northeastern Cambodia. Cambodia had proclaimed neutral since 1955‚ but the Communists used Cambodian soil as a base. Prince Norodom Sihanouk tolerated the presence of the Communists‚ so wider conflict could be avoided. In 1969‚ Sihanouk changed
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The United States got involved in the Vietnam War because The United States felt like communism would spread quickly‚ causing the domino theory‚ meaning that each neighboring country would start to believe in communism and before too long the world would believe in it. Since Vietnam was divided into two parts -- South Vietnam and North Vietnam -- an election would take place so that reunification could take place. Unfortunately‚ an election never took place because the two sides could not agree on
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The Vietnam War was a conflict between Northern Vietnam‚ who held communists beliefs‚ and Southern Vietnam who opposed communism. In an attempt to combat communism globally‚ the United States of America formed an alliance with Southern Vietnam. The war initiated when‚ "the Vietnamese waged an anti-colonial war against France‚ which received $2.6 billion in financial support from the United States. The French defeat at the Dien Bien Phu was followed by a peace conference in Geneva."(1) This anti-colonial
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