Why Did Australia become involved in WW1? Australia became involved in World War One in August 1914’‚ as Britain was preparing to declare war on Germany. At the time Andrew Fisher (future Australian prime minister) promised that Australia would stand behind their mother country. He believed this war to be a noble cause where Australians could demonstrate their loyalty. As Australia is still part of the British Empire‚ our loyalty was pressured into joining the war and fighting for what they
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Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War? Explain what factors led American policymakers down the path towards war‚ and cite specific examples of critical events that reflected these factors. There was no specific factor that led the united states into getting involved in the Vietnam war‚ but rather a gradual series of events and decisions which would lead them down such a path. The initial reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam seemed logical and compelling to American leaders
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Why Youth Become Involved in Gangs Arjun Kapadiya 820-519-759 Prof. Jasdeep Singh CRIM 204 – 01 Youth in Crime “I have reviewed the turn-it-in report regarding this paper and am satisfied that I have not made any citations errors that would be considered a form of academic misconduct” Why Youth Become Involved in Gangs Introduction For the past many years‚ the world has been going through a lot
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Why was Australia involved in the Vietnam War? Australia became involved in the Vietnam War for a number of reasons. The main reasons included the fear of the spread of communism‚ Australia’s alliance with the USA and Australia’s membership of SEATO. In the years after World War 2 Australians feared that communism would spread through South-East Asia and eventually to Australia. The fear grew more when China became a communist state is 1949‚ the reason why China became a communist state was
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Why did America become involved in WWI? How did President Wilson justify his decision to enter the war in 1917? Was the war in the national interest? At the start of 1917‚ the United States and its president was not interested in fighting in the war. President Woodrow Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Even though 2 years earlier in 1915‚ a Germen u-boat destroyed the R.M.S Lusitania‚ in which 128 Americans were lost. The United States was interested in selling weapons and help with funding the allies
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Michael Johnson The USA and USSR became rivals in summer 1945 because of many reasons. One of the reasons was that the USA was a capitalist country‚ a culture where anyone could be rich if they worked hard enough. However in USSR they operated under communism. Both nations had fears of the other nation imposing their own system of government upon the world. These fears were highlighted when Stalin attempted to get as much territory for the USSR and communism as he could. The USA thought this was Stalin’s
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Why did the USA Withdraw from Vietnam? US military tactics The US military attempted to handle the Vietnam war with tactics similar to what they learned in World War II. They had used tanks to break through the enemy front line and the infantry would follow‚ not having to break the frontline themselves made this easier. This had worked effectively in World War II but there were no jungles in Europe‚ Tanks found it impossible to force their way through the jungle thanks to trees and vegetation
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resources. 2: Russia become involved in WWI after Austria declared war against Serbia‚ because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples‚ particularly the south-slaves in the Balkans who has for centuries been under Muslim- Ottoman domination. 3: after the loss of the Russo- Japanese war‚ Russia had little money‚ France lent money to Russia henceforth creating a alliance with France
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In this coursework essay‚ I am aiming to explain why the United States of America became increasingly involved in the Vietnam conflict between the years 1945 and 1966. During this time‚ America had five different presidents: Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ Johnson‚ and Nixon. Until the First Indochina War‚ the region was a colony of France‚ known as Indochina‚ part of the French Union – in the war‚ troops were drawn from elsewhere in the French Union to fight in the war against the Viêt Minh (lead
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They got involved in Vietnam because they wanted to stop the spread of communism (domino theory) and after France left Vietnam the US felt they needed to take matters into their own hands when communist rebels had overthrown Frances control of Vietnam. The leaders of the USA feared that communist governments would gain control of Vietnam and that would lead to nation after nation falling for communism. President Truman agreed to help France against the Communist Vietnamese; America decided to send
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