The build up of communism in that part of the world (South East Asia).
Australia saw commmunism coming be countries surrounding them were suffering from communism eg: Korea.
Nova Net Review Test Answer: To provent the spread of Communism in Asia.
Colonialism, communism, and wars of independence
Southeast Asia and that is one reason the Vietnam war took place.
The United states confronted Communism in East Asia after the Korean War with fear that communism would be intertwined to other countries. They entered the Korean Conflict shortly after world war 2.
it justified it because NATO didnt want communism in all of southern Asia.What we belived was that if we did nothing, communism would go through Asia and eventually the world.
When the Vietnam War started, the world was in the grip of the Cold War. The United States was worried about the possible spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. We felt that we needed to act to prevent this.
No it wasn't. Communism wasn't even an issue when WW1 broke out.
Increasingly after World War 2, especially after communism became the perceived threat. The fear was of a domino effect (one country after another collapsing as communism spread). More and more US spies entered South East Asia. Then the Vietnam war began, then it ended. US spies are still in South East Asia today.
the spread of communism in Asia was halted
After World War II, the United States fought in the Korean War (1950-1953) to prevent the spread of communism in Asia. The war began when North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union and China, invaded South Korea. The U.S. intervened as part of a United Nations coalition to support South Korea and maintain its sovereignty against communist expansion. This conflict was part of the broader Cold War strategy to contain communism.