... was a prolonged conflict, extending from 1954 to 1975, between the communist government of North Vietnam and the non-communist government of the South. Good Morning Afternoon. In Australia, public opinion on the war in Vietnam moved through several stages throughout its involvement in the war. Initially, the Australian public paid little attention and were largely disinterested in a war that included ... very few Australian troops. This however, soon changed; Australia's involvement in the war ... December 1972, when the newly elected Whitlam Labor Government suspended it. The scheme i...

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HOW DID THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM IN AUSTRALIA? Communism is a political movement that is seen by the independent Western world as a threat to ... until World War II. In response to this formation, a Crimes Act was passed in Parliament which stated that if any person supported the overthrow of an existing Australian Government by violence, they would be guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment. During The Great Depression, members of the Communist International in Australia increased to 4000 and ... oppose the war effort. The negative influence of the c...

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... the years. Political groups, social and religious groups all shaped the public's support of the war. Views of Save Our Sons, the Catholic Church and Menzies Government will be focused on in the text. Menzies view on the Vietnam War was that at all costs it had to be fought by Australians and won, he ... greatly supported the war against communism that it was to neutralize the threat and to serve our alliance with the US under the ANZUS treaty. Australian citizens were influenced to believe this way of thinking as well. Menzies had a strong belief in the domino theory that would take pla...

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... remove the French. Eventually this led to armed conflict between France and Vietnam, the French were defeated in 1954. After the war, the Vietminh controlled north Vietnam while an unpopular government setup by the French with it's capital in Saigon controlled the South. After many years of political disagreement, a civil war broke out. The North (the communist Vietcong) and the South ... USA). 1965. With Australia allied to America, it began sending in conscripts (young men forced to join the armed services) and thousands of troops to Saigon to assist the U.S.A. The Australian Governme...

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) 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 ... that with the "fall" of South Vietnam to communist North Vietnam, all of Southeast Asia might also "fall" starting a communist chain reaction. Another reason why the Australian government sent Australians to serve in the Vietnam War was to fulfill their obligations as members of the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO). SEATO is an alliance ...

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... to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. The Vietnam War was fought not only in Vietnam but also in surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. There are many contributing factors for ... , not individuals. This is used to try to promote the fairest society for everyone as a community. While democracy is used in Australia and means the population is used to elect a government and representatives. Communist forces in T...

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... that caused most dissention amongst the general public in both countries. The slogan "All the way with LBJ" (Lynden B Johnson) rang hollow with the Australian public because they felt they had no connection with the civil war raging in Vietnam and the fact that conscription was implemented only added fuel to the fire ... mass destruction. Various time limits have been suspended to enable Saddaam Hussein to comply with this request but there is strong evidence to suggest that his government is not cooperating fully with the United Nations. The US has amassed a large number of troops in th...

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... forces served in the Vietnam War under the banner of the United States of America. The act of going to war, so common in Australian history, became perhaps the single most controversial issue in the short history of our nation. Whilst traditionally the populace were supportive of Australians in war, many were opposed to the ... and powerful friends" Vietnam had been a French colony since 1858, but when they were driven out during World War II, Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh, a nationalist group with communist ideals formed a government in Hanoi, situated in the northern region of Vietnam. The ...

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... seen through the media people back home in Australia were soon realising that this had to stop and stop now! It seemed the more the media showed the more the Australian public wanted the war to stop and their soldier's home. In 1970: Anti-Vietnam Moratorium Campaign Begun In May the first of three moratoriums was held to protest against Australia ... consisted of uni students and hippies, but they were very wrong. There were protestors young and old, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and children (people who would normally never challenge the government) all came to these moratorium...

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... they believe in human equality and saving the suffering. The other side is the establishmentThese are the upper class aristocrats and bloodthirsty corporations, for example the government, who support the war as long as there is some underlying benefit for them to receive. There are also a few other smaller conflicts which hold ... characters of the play behave. These being the mental patients. The mental patients have been locked away, free from the ideals and behaviour of the Australian society. The war and the conflict it has created to our society have little if any impact on the way ...

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... agreed that if a member country was attacked it was an act on all the members. The other members would come to their aid, but only if it complied with their government. In conclusion, NZ's main ally was the US and we no longer relied on Britain for defence in the Pacific. In 1954, the South East Asia Treaty Organisation was set ... to the AMDA (Anglo-Malayan Defence Arrangement) when Malaya became Malaysia. Under the ANZAM and AMDA agreements, New Zealand stationed a battalion in Malaya in the 1950's and along with the Australian and British armies, defeated the Malayan communist uprisi...

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... how to defeat a larger and better-equipped army than your own. Mao Zedong, the leader of the communist forces in china successfully adapted Sun Tzu's idea. The establishment of a communist government in China was an inspiration to all revolutionaries in South East Asia, especially China's neighbour, Vietnam. The strategy tactics of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) were based very much ... "directives". This ensured that the Viet Cong blended in with the everyday life of the villagers (who in most cases supported the VC), and ensured that the American, British, and Australian fo...

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