Anti-communism in Australia reasons for Australia's...

Answer by hello ;-)
Submitted on 5/27/2005
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Australian involvement in the Vietnam war was due to Australia's tendency to look to more powerful countries for protection. After realizing that we could no longer rely on our previous ally England, we searched for protection from America and to prove our devotion we had to go along with America and agree with their policies. We also agreed with their attempt of containment of communism as our fear of the domino theory (made worse by Australia's positioning)made us feel vulnerable to infiltration or attack by communists. We thought logically and realized that sending a small amount of men to fight for the U.S actually prevented loss of life by securing their help if we were attacked. This is similar to the way that we have sent a token amount of men to Iraq in the recent war on terrorism. When you compare numbers you realize that Australia actually barely contributed to the effort.

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Question by Llewellyn
Submitted on 8/10/2003
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Anti-communism in Australia reasons for Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war

Answer by stein
Submitted on 3/5/2004
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Australia feared communism due to the fact that they thought if Vietnam fell so would Australia, this was referred to as the "Domino effect". This resulted in the policy of "forward defence". Which provoked Australia to take action before the "Domino effect" of communism spread throughout Asia and the western world.

Answer by Fred Seeder
Submitted on 9/30/2004
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One reason as to why Australia was involved-in the Vietnam war was to prevent Hitler, a growing threat from taking over Bosnia which would stop the production of coal.

Answer by RYAN
Submitted on 5/10/2005
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i think communism in australia is like really hard to find out about. i don't understand it so if your trying to find out about it, just give up now. Thats my advice.

Answer by dunko
Submitted on 6/1/2005
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hay people how are u ill looking for the answer for my half yearly exam

Answer by LAUGHING
Submitted on 8/10/2005
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Australia only had a fear of communism as it was suited the time, there was no more chance of Australia being over run by communists as there is now the same thing is happening now with the whole muslim fear being flamed by the media and government, why would and vietnamese want to come here after they fought so long for their own country

Answer by t
Submitted on 2/19/2006
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communism is cool and Australia is uncool so that is why they feared it.

Answer by boo
Submitted on 2/20/2006
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whats the forward defence policy

Answer by Timmy
Submitted on 3/13/2006
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Australia is a facist government!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kill the commies!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by bro
Submitted on 3/20/2006
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Australia said Best was gay

Answer by antenna
Submitted on 4/12/2006
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why cant the world be at peace? thats my queastion and this is my answer no one can get along with everyone!

Answer by Amy <3
Submitted on 5/6/2006
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Thankies for the answer. It will help me with my history assignment. XD Yeah, I guess that makes sense, but the way it was written is kinda... wtf. O_o

Answer by Sunny
Submitted on 5/13/2006
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Australia's involvement in the second world war was due to the fear of communism and the already visible "domino effect" (the effect that communism was spreading across the world and nocking down countries like dominoes). Australia was also involved in WWII due to America's involvement.

Answer by Liz
Submitted on 10/23/2006
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What fear did communism stir amongst Australians?

Answer by steffii
Submitted on 2/3/2007
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why did Australians fear communism?

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Answer by g'dou
Submitted on 5/16/2007
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True by stein. Australia is a gimp.