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Why did Australia become involved in the Vietnam War?

Australia became involved in the Vietnam War because Australia felt threatened by the expansion of communism. Many people within Australia believed that if South Vietnam became a communist country, other countries would soon follow. Some Australians saw what was happening in Vietnam as a threat to Australia’s security. This was called the “domino effect.”
Growing tension between The USSR and the USA In the fifties And sixties was another reason too strengthen Australia’s defence alliance.
The SEATO treaty of 1954 was, the South East Asia Collective Defence Treaty provided for collective defensive action to be taken in the event of an attack on the United States, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand or Pakistan.

The possibility of communism spreading to Australia from Asia was regarded with increasing seriousness as political change came to the region. It was believed that if one nation fell under communist domination, its neighbours would fall like in a line ...

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