Essay On Australia's Involvement In The Vietnam War

Australian forces played a small yet often vital role in the Vietnam war yet regardless of their impact it was a role that did not change the course of the war and ultimately led to the withdrawal of Australian forces and defeat at the hands of a forceful enemy. If Australian forces were not sent to Vietnam, then today’s world could possibly be communist. The reason for why Australian soldiers were sent to Vietnam is due to two reason which consisted of primarily assisting the American forces, due to the ANZUS treaty and also to stop the threat of communism coming to Australia. The role which Australian forces played in the Vietnam war was to help the Americans contain and or defeat communism within Vietnam. The way the Australian’s did this was by military involvement. After World War II Australian forces had gained some beneficial experiences in jungle warfare, this was due to the continuous battles with Japanese in the jungles and forest of Papua New Guinea. The Australians mainly developed their ways of attacking the Vietnamese in Malay Emergency and in Borneo. If it wasn't for these two scenarios, Australia would have faced a lot more casualties.

How did Australia get involved in this? On the 28th of April, 1965, the ambassador of Australia

If the Australians did not provide this in the early stages of the war the outcome could have finished with the communist side winning earlier, as if the Vietnamese despised Australians that would have given them an excuse to fight against the capitalist. Also, if logistical support and strategies were introduced to late into the war the Vietcong would have taken over most of Vietnam as these key strategies were one of the main factors for communism only being contained in the North of