why was australia involved in the vietnam war

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Answer by beeni
Submitted on 10/11/2004
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Australian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s was in keeping with the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stem the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and in 1962, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam, repeatedly requested assistance from the US and its allies to improve its security. Australia eventually responded with 30 military advisers, dispatched as the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, known as "the Team". Their arrival in South Vietnam during July and August 1962 was the beginning of Australia's involvement in the war in Vietnam. In August 1964 the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also sent a flight of Caribou transports to the port town of Vung Tau.

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Question by claire
Submitted on 3/23/2004
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why was australia involved in the vietnam war

Answer by Boomslang
Submitted on 2/22/2005
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cos afganistan people are total assholes,thats why...and that has nothing to do with ur question

Answer by Ben
Submitted on 3/17/2006
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Because America told us to come

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