In 1961/1962.
US, Australia, New Zealand, S. Korea, S. Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines against North Vietnam.
If you were drafted to fight the war; you might not be happy about it.
because we feared communism
easy YES!
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
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The USA become invovled in Vietnam because it feared the spread of communism. The USA were unable to defeat the Vietcong and were met with growing opposition to war back home
Australia never fought Vietnam.
BECAUSE OF JAPANESE EXPANSION TO THE AUSTRAILIAN MAINLAND
Australian society mirrored American society after the war, on a smaller scale, due to population differences.
North Vietnam, and southern communist guerillas living in South Vietnam (Viet Cong), (supported by the Soviet Union and Red China); verses the US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, and South Vietnam.
Australia entered the Vietnam War because Australia feared that they would have to face the spread of Communism.