How did different groups within Australia respond to the war in Vietnam? Groups of Australians responded to the Vietnam War in diverse ways and these responses changed as the war went forward. This was because during the war the public were heavily exposed to violence and a firsthand sight of the war through television. Most Australians supported our involvement in the early years as it was seen as a black and white war‚ good vs evil and capitalist vs communist. In 1962 Prime Minister Menzies supported
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WHY AND HOW DID AMERICA GET INVOLVED IN VIETNAM? America first became involved in Vietnam helping the French against the Vietminh during the Indo-China war by indirect means. This meant America did not send troops into Vietnam until 1964. They were not prepared to send more American soldiers into war after the Second World War. Instead it funded the French army to fight against the Vietminh. They supported the French campaign in Vietnam. In 1950 president Truman agreed to send the French $15 million
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1 The ww1 was devastating because of the twentieth-century technology they used all kind of the technology. They had powerful guns and artillery and the mobility of the roads made it stronger so they could defend themselves they even used airplanes on the battlefield. They made all kind of modern weapons but the most destructive weapon was the barbed wire it would sting the soldiers from the other army they would become tangled in the wire easy for the other soldiers to kill the soldiers from the
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? There are many factors which explain why Hitler and the Nazis came into power in 1933‚ for example; the great depression and the weaknesses of the Weimar Government. These reasons and others will be explored further and explained in greater detail why these reasons helped Hitler to become Chancellor in 1933. One factor to explain why Hitler became Chancellor was the Depression. In October 1929 the stock market in the USA collapsed‚ causing America
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Why did Britain get involved in the Slave Trade? The Renascence period was a time full of new music‚ extravagant architecture and fine art. All of these things causing an increasing demand for funds from the government. In the 1440’s the Portuguese started trading slaves for various things with the Americans. Britain found out about this trade whilst their pirates were raiding Spanish ships and found them abroad. John Hawkins made the first known British slavery voyage in 1562; this started a
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Paragraph 1: Why did the United State get involved in Iran? Iran is a country in the Middle East that got petroleum. For many years‚ Iran was ruled by shah and now it is ruled by a Muslim cleric. For many years the United States had oil companies in Iran. In 1950‚ all that changed when Mohammad Mossadegh became the leader of Iran. The United States got involved in Iran because of petroleum. Paragraph 2: Mohammad Mosaddegh was a secular democrat that was elected during the 1950 in Iraq as
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In April 1917‚ the United States entered World War 1 on the side of England‚ France‚ and Russia for many good reasons. Such as Germans using unrestricted submarine warfare‚ the Zimmerman Note and the U.S. “ turning tides of the war”. One reason that the United States should have went to war with Germany‚ is because of the sinking of the Lusitania and the Sussex. “Germany announced that it was beginning unrestricted warfare . This meant that Germany would attack any ships attempting to bring good
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Woodrow Wilson helped to win the First World War; he lost the peace back in America. Wilson claimed that he was a pacifist and that America would not fight the war that raged with a bloody vengeance in Europe. Wilson insisted that America must stay neutral publicly‚ but behind closed doors‚ he sought out ways to support Great Britain and France through the means of financial support. While the majority of Americans were pleased with being neutral‚ many immigrants from German and Europe were wanted
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destruction that some areas had undergone. What was once a home‚ was now no more than a pile of rubbish. Also‚ with many loved ones dead‚ leaving and making a new start was very tempting. When they first arrived in Australia‚ the Italians experienced considerable cultural shock. They found that Australia was insensitive to their culture and traditions and therefore expected them to change. The Italians were mainly like the “black sheep” of the population. The feud
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Why did Stalin become leader of the USSR? Lenin‚ the leader of Russia died from ill health in 1924‚ without choosing a successor‚ but how did Stalin‚ one of the least likely people to take over become leader of the Ussr? His role as General Secretary was used by Stalin to great advantage. It allowed him to see all important documents flowing in and out of the party. This fortunate for Stalin‚ included Lenin’s last testament‚ which stated Lenin’s desire for a dictatorship of the party as well
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