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Australia's Involvement In The Vietnam War Analysis

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Source 1 - Vin Cosgrove Reasons for Australia’a Involvement in the Vietnam War: Australian troops went to train Vietnam to be able to fight their own wars We are currently reliving history because of current troops being sent to Iraq. The war was related to reasons of WWII, Australia was under serious attack and isolated (venerable to invasion) Germany, Italy and Japan were our enemies On 97 occasions Australia was bombed Australia was terrified of being invaded Because Australia was linked to USA because of the alliance, we had to contribute to the war and help out USA Australia was taught to support the country to fight communism The Domino Theory Most countries above us were falling to communism (coming closer and closer to Australia) …show more content…

Jim was found after the battle of Long Tan with Mud in his wounds that he used to stop himself from beading and explained that as the enemy was looking for their dead in the middle of the night and decided it would be much better if he stayed quiet and waited for the morning it was found that many men who had been soldiers in the Vietnam war he 'd been dying earlier and had been getting timers and cancer and it was found that there may be a link Birth defects were all happening to those who had served in Vietnam Agent Orange - heavy duty poison Agent Orange causes cancers and tumours, skin blisters, nasal problems and system disorders. It was used heavily as a tactic which was spread all over the battle grounds and everyone who even used the water surrounding was effected by its poison because it got into the water so the sailers were using it to wash with and others were using the water to

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