because we feared communism
i dont no
Cold war.
Vietnam , America , and Russia
In 1961/1962.
easy YES!
Australia had nothing to do with the Vietnam War.
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Australia never fought Vietnam.
Australian society mirrored American society after the war, on a smaller scale, due to population differences.
North Vietnam and the United States. South Vietnam wasn't the main combatant, because they did NOT conduct the Air War over North Vietnam. The Vietnam War had three categories: US Navy-Riverine War; US Air Force-Air War; US Army/US Marines-Land War.
Australia entered the Vietnam War because Australia feared that they would have to face the spread of Communism.
President Johnson's visit to Australia during the Vietnam War was met by Australian anti-war protests.