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Australia's invlovement in the vietnamn war.

From 1962 up to 1972 Australia was involved in the war in Vietnam. Approximately 47000 Australian men and a large amount of women served there. There were a few reasons why Australia fought in the Vietnamese war. Australia’s foreign policy in the 1950’s responded to what appeared to be the download push of aggressive communism in South-East Asia and the need to meet these threats away from Australia. The Korean War had reinforced the sense of a monolithic communist system but had also been a big step in securing a firm alliance for Australia with the great and powerful United States. Australia was obligated to fight along side the United States and every other signatory country of the ANZUS treaty and the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (SEATO).
In 1951, Robert Menzies had suggested that Australians would have to be organized for a war against Soviet communists within three years. That same year in August, compulsory military training and universal conscription were broug...

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