Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Reasons for Australia's
Participation in
Vietnam
- The possibility of communism spreading to
Australia was regarded with increasing
seriousness.
- Strong communist influences in Indonesia gave
rise to a sense of threat and communist
aggression close to Australia
- Australia feared the
Domino effect
- Menzies reasons for
Australian involvement
- "We are for peace. We do not
understand aggression, but we will
resist it with all we have and are."
- "The takeover of South Vietnam
would be a direct threat to Australia."
- Treaties
- SEATO
- The ANZUS Treaty