Development Challenges Of The Vietnam War

In the twentieth century after World War 2 the world was threatened by the takeover of communist that had begun to consume the globe. The Australian government identified that the fear ideology communism will take over the country if no actions were taken to stand against and stop it. The Australian government provided support and participated in several military conflicts during the Cold War to reduce the threat of communist around the world. However, the longest of Australia’s military engagement was the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was mainly centred on its fear of the ‘Domino Theory’, and its relations with the U.S through the Foreign policy which involved the ‘Forward Defence’ policy. The

Australia’s presence in the ANZUS and SEATO alliances has been very important in our past. The ANZUS agreement which involved Australia, New Zealand and The United States said that they would “*come to one another’s aid in the event of an attack*” (Retro Active 2 p166 paragraph 1). This was formed in 1951. The SEATO alliance (South-East Asia Collective Defense Treaty), which was the one our involvement in Vietnam was based around involved Australia, Britain, United States, France and New Zealand. They all agreed that they would help protect Laos, Cambodia,

Another major aspect this limb deals with is that of Australia’s relationship with the United Nations and other major international organisations .

Australia is considered among important allies of United States. In the Vietnam war Australia sent a force of 50 000. Being situated in Southern Hemisphere of Southeast Asia, Australia has to face exceptional defense challenges much more than neighboring partner. Historically Australia seems to be willing to accept the major role in military interventions in the surrounding area as can be seen in East Timor.

In the duration of the 20th century after WWII, in which two significant events occurred which were the fall of Singapore to the Japanese army and the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese- the fear and the threat towards the system of communism started to emerge and expand throughout Australia. As these events occurred they also encouraged the Australian government to really think more closely about issues of national security in the post war environment. Also in order to protect Australia from future attacks or wars, Prime Minister Robert Menzies set out to ally Australia more closely with the United States. In the decades after WWII, a fear of the growing influence of communism in Asia also meant that Australian governments were willing to send troops to conflicts in Asia. As

This later had important implications for the military's force structure in the 1980s and 1990s. The experience in Vietnam also caused an intolerance for casualties which resulted in succeeding Australian governments becoming more cautious towards the deployment of military forces overseas. Regardless, the "imperative to deploy forces overseas" remained a feature of Australian strategic behaviour in the post-Vietnam era, while the US alliance has continued to be a fundamental aspect of its foreign policy into the early 21st

Britain was unable to come to our aid to fight in the Asia-Pacific against mainly Japan in WWII. The United States were the nation that got us out of trouble so we must come to their aid in Vietnam, and commit to the war effort like they previously did to us. In response to the building threat of communism, the U.S aligned itself with many nations to form treaties including NATO, although Australia had membership in SEATO and ANZUS only. This responded with the Warsaw Pact being signed in Poland by communist countries led by the U.S.S.R. The Australian Government were feeling the pressure to take action as the 'all the way with LBJ' campaign was symbolised greatly by Harold Holt. According to reliable secondary source 6, after Robert Menzies succeeded Holt, the only option was to go to Vietnam. "The takeover of South Vietnam would be a direct military threat to Australia". To defeat communism in Vietnam, the U.S needed more than supplies, they need man power to outnumber the North. The South Vietnam government supposedly requested for assistance, although later proven incorrect according to reliable source 7. Australia's involvement in Vietnam was to make the United States proud and reassured them, that we are with you until the end, it was this relationship that peer-pressured us into our

Australia first came involved in the Vietnam conflict in 1962 when the Australian Government sent a team of thirty army advisers to help train the South Vietnamese Army for its fight against the NLF guerrillas. At the same time a squadron of Royal Australian Air Force fighters were sent to nearby Thailand. While the alliance with the USA was becoming increasingly important, Australia still had strong ties with Britian. In January 1965, Australia sent an army of battalion to help Britain denfend newly independent Malaysia against border raids by Indonesia. Only three months later the Australian Prime Minister Menzies announced the commitment of another battalion to help the USA in

These alliances included Australia’s close relationship with the US and the SEATO treaty in which Australia signed in 1965 with countries in the South East Asian region that haven’t fallen under the influence of communism, which includes; New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan, as well as USA, Britain and France. This treaty was formed so that each member would come to the member’s aid if they were ever attacked by communist troops. Therefore, Menzies sent troops to fight in Vietnam due to our close relationship with the United States and helping them whenever there needed help, as well as, fighting against the communist in countries that were being

Australia was very concerned by the actions of communist North Vietnam to try and control the whole country. We were worried that if South Vietnam fell to communism it would be another step closer to Australia.

The U.S. and Australian alliance share an interest in maintaining the peace and stability in the Asian- Pacific

As a great family of nations, involved in a struggle greater than us, Australia’s assistance for South Vietnam commenced in early 1960’s to enforce the policies of other prosperous nations to limit the spread of communism in Asia (RSL NSW, 2014). From the time of the arrival of the first forces in 1962 approximately 60,000 fellow Australians, including ground troops and airforce and naval force work force, served in Vietnam (NFSA, 2017). To you we are thankful.

Australian-Indonesian relations are the foreign relations between the two countries, whether economically, politically, legally or socially. Australian-Indonesian relations involve an interaction in foreign policies between the two nations (Wolfsohn, 1951, p. 68). As long as Indonesia is Australia 's closest and largest neighbor, they are bound to have great international relations. These relations began as early as the 17th century and had only become enhanced with time (Daly, 2003, p. 397). The relationship has been defined by a conjoint growth trade of up to $14 between the years 2011-2012 which reports an increase from the previous economic year (Mark, 2012, p.402). These countries are members of various trade deals such as the ASEAN Regional Forum in addition to having close ties with education, defense, and leadership. Australia 's relationship with Indonesia is crucial, and lack of such could severely bruise the economy, and hence they need to keep united by ensuring the use of widespread media with beneficial input. Australia interacts with Indonesia in a way such as sporting activity, tourism, education, economic policies, youth exchange programs, cultures and above all their diplomacy (Okamoto, 2010, p.241).

The Vietnam War started in 1959 and ended the year of 1973, the war was a prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unite the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (Rosenberg, 2014). After the war ended many veterans had shown to

The project proponent is Chikwawa Town Assembly with Asian Grant Aid estimated at US$ 7Million. The total length of the road is about 22 Km and is a dusty road. There are 25 bridges and culverts that are estimated to be built along this road.