Australia in the Vietnam War

Australia first became part of the Vietnam War when dispatching the Vietnam Australian Army Training Team (AATTV) in July 1962. Participation in our war eventually comes from two main points. It is our fear of America's alliance and communism reaching Australia and dominating our country. The introduction of a "national service plan" (conscription system) will cause confusion for the Australian citizens in 1964 and will play an important role in our participation in the war.

The recruitment of troops to Australia during the Vietnam War caused a great outrage among the Australian citizens. For the first time Vietnam was caught up in a war over the appropriate television broadcasting, for the first time the public witnessed true war atrocities. The people began to doubt Australia's participation in the war. A suspension of protests throughout Australia to protest the recruitment and participation in the war in Australia. Many protest actions were completed by students and young people, and there are still people who support the war. This is reflected in the election in November 1966 when the Liberal Party had overwhelming victory. Several months after completely withdrawing from Vietnam in 1972, the Whitlam Labor government took over as McMahon Liberal Party administration.

This was the first time that Australia participated in war without the home country of England when Australian Prime Minister Menzies participated in the announcement of the Vietnam War in April 1965. This decision will change Australia's history and compromise the Australian people and the connection with the world. Australia's commitment to the war was initially very strong initially, but when signs were brought in and a registered body bag was taken home it was lost support and soon became extremely unpopular. This is the only war that has not received full support from Australian citizens. War broke all Australians; more than half Australians believe in Vietnam's conflict intervention; but for those who oppose it, they can find a strong opposition and later You can see the establishment of many antiwar movement.