THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh
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South Vietnam
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North Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 29 April 1965 Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced in parliament that Australia would send a battalion of combat troops to Vietnam. The decision was motivated by a desire to strengthen strategic relations with the United States and to halt the spread of communism in South-East Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Antiwar Movement’s agenda revolved around promoting pacifism and demanding an end to military intervention in Vietnam. SDS members refused to be drafted into the military and opposed the idea of military induction. The military draft resulted in mandatory enrollment in the American Army.
Detailed explanation-3: -The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.