At the time of the Vietnam War they claimed that they were helping the Vietnamese people being taken over by the communists to the north. The fact is that like today the are doing as they were told by the USA.
Same as within the US, they knew little about it.
500 dead ; 3,129 wounded .
6,000 Australians in country at once, was their average.
communist
No The original fighting in Vietnam was betweenFrance and the Vietnamese. then the Americans got involved and the Australians and New Zea landers went with them in an attempt to set up a corrupt government influenced by the USA.
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Same as within the US, they knew little about it.
1972.
About 1962.
beans and bread
They protested the draft.
Nva & Vc.
I was not involved in the Vietnam war. That was between the American (and Australians and south Vietnamese) and the Vietcong.
a fair to kill non white people
Australians.
Part of the cold war.
They probably fuelled the protesters, as they did in the US.