... been surrounded by communism and this could have very well taken over Australia. Australia wanted to stop communism in its tracks. Also Australia signed two major alliances in the early 50's, the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States) and SEATO (South-east Asia Treaty Organization) which were signed for protection and safety by becoming allies with U.S.A. In ... we are guaranteed protection. If Australia didn't fulfill the requirement these alliances could be terminated, leaving Australia almost defenseless. The war in Vietnam was a guerrilla warfare which means enemies did not w...

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... lives were being lost in the jungle. A war that from 1968 until 1975 eveyones life was effected. Everyone knew someone that was in the war. It was a war where our soilders would smoke marajuana in the jungles. It was a war that was fought at night, and during the day the farmers tended to their fields. OVERVIEW The Country of Vietnam lies to the south of China. Laors and ... . Vietnam was divided into two parts, North Vietnam, the communist, and South Vietnam. The two halves of the country were divided by the 17th parallel. The North was known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under ...

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