) After war had broken out in Vietnam in 1960, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam requested support from the US and its allies to improve its defense. Australia eventually acted in response by sending 30 military advisers to Vietnam, their arrival in South Vietnam between July and August 1962 was the beginning of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
The main reason for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was to bring to an end to communism. Communism, also known as the Red Menace is a political and economic theory in which a country’s wealth and resources are owned by every
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