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australia in the vietnam war era Flashcards

1
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world’s ‘superpowers’ after WW2

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United States + Soviet Union

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what happened during the closing years of WW2

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Soviet Union took over some European countries previously under the Nazis while United States + British allies liberated western parts of Europe

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Soviet Union 1949

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set up communist governments in eastern European states and Britain + US didn’t like that

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eastern bloc vs western bloc

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eastern bloc: soviet union + countries
western bloc: US + allies + australia

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eastern vs western bloc

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eastern bloc: soviet union + countries
western bloc: united states + allies

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australia’s foreign policy

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  • communism = threat to australia
  • australia cannot properly defend itself, and must rely on allies, US + britain
  • 1950s: wanted to prove loyalty as an ally
  • in australia’s best interest to face threats as far away from australia as possible
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australian prime minister in 1949

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robert menzies

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australia + korean war

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  • started when north korea, communist, invaded non-communist south korea
  • 1950: australia sent two battalions to korea to take part in forward defence
  • proved communism was bad and australia was loyal to US
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ANZUS treaty

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australia, new zealand, US
- allies against communism
- lots of issues in asia, such as ho chi minh against the french

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domino theory

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if communism wasn’t stopped it would spread all throughout asia

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menzies election campaign

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strengthened his election campaign by using the Petrov spy scandal to show communism = bad

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menzies election campaign

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strengthened his election campaign by using soviet russia to show communism = bad

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how did the 1954 election affect the labor party

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split them up, caused long-term effects on political history

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WW2 + Indochina

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originally controlled by the french, but after WW2 asian nationalism became a thing

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what hapened after defeat of Dien Bien Phu

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1954 - france left indochina, vietnam became North Vietnam, under Ho chi minh, and south vietnam, supported by the us

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what hapened after defeat of Dien Bien Phu

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1954 - france left indochina, vietnam became North Vietnam, under Ho chi minh, and south vietnam, supported by the us

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what hapened after defeat of Dien Bien Phu

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1954 - france left indochina, vietnam became North Vietnam, under Ho chi minh, and south vietnam, supported by the us

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australia joining the vietnam war

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  • because they thought communism was a threat and helped the US
  • 1965: sent combat forces to south vietnam
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australia’s public opinion

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supported decision to sent troops to south vietnam
- more troops as war intensified

20
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1966

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federal election: Holt government came into power

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1967

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more australian troops sent to south vietnam

22
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opposition to military involvement in south australia led by??

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australian labor party

23
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when was conscrition introduced

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1964, for twenty year olds

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when did the opposition to the war increase

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since 1966, due to conscription demands and the size of australia in south vietnam

25
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when did the peace movement begin

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around 1969, in universities

26
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Save Our Sons

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a movement which led a protest against conscription and vietnam war

27
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Vietnam moratorium marches

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1970, large anti-war rallies

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what kind of war was the vietnam war

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  • guerilla war: small villages, jungles
  • was hard to find the enemy
  • really bad chemicals: napalm + defoliants
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vietnam veterans

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  • since opposition to the war increased, it became unpopular and veterans were treated with disrespect and not accepted back into the country
  • 1979: vietnam veterans association formed, pressuring government to investigate
  • 1987: welcome home parade for vietnam veterans despite politics of vietnam war
30
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when did the vietnam war end

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1975

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origins of the vietnam war

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Vietminh, led by Ho Chi Minh
- Ho Chi Minh: nationalist ho wanted free Indochina under communism
- with US help, they waged war against the french, and kicked them out in 1954 through the battle of Dien Bien Phu
- then vietminh vs vietcong(south vietnam nationalist groups) = vietnam war

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vietminh + vietcong

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vietminh: ho chi minh, north vietnam
vietcong: south vietnam

33
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US support in the vietnam war

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  • president john kennedy sent military advisers + aid to assist the vietcong
34
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why did australia enter the vietnam war

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belief in the domino theory, to support the US > Britain

35
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when did australia enter the vietnam war

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1962 - military instructors
1965 - batallions were sent

36
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how did australia get ballz deep in the war

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1966/1967: request from US for australia to send more troops, as they needed support
- new president, harold holt, was loyal to the US president, and sent troops to show their support

37
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why did the labor party oppose joining the vietnam war

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  • they thought it was a civil war
  • they thought it wasn’t winnable and promised to withdraw australian conscripts if it won government
38
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conscientious objector

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someone with extremely good reasons why they couldn’t serve in the military, had to go to court to decide whether they would go or not

39
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why was there an anti-war movement

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television war
- public rallies and protests increased, especially in universities

40
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result of the vietnam war

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north vietnam won, south was conquered

41
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aftermath of the vietnam war

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almost 2 million indochinese refugees

42
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australia and indochinese refugees

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1976: boats started to come, lots and lots of vietnam people came to australia

43
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australia and asia in 1972

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white australia abolished, australia had better relationship, fear of communism declined

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