Aus and The Vietnam War

The picture is a depiction of what concept?

• The USSR Aggressor

• The domino theory

• Forward defence

• Anzus

The concern about threats from Asia propelled Australia into the defensive regional alliance called....

• SEATO

• Forward defence

• ANZUS

• The Alliance

Australia’s involvement in the political affairs of Vietnam began in the mid 1960s when 30 advisers were sent to help train South Vietnamese soldiers.

What year did the advisors go to Vietnam?

• 1963

• 1962

• 1960

• 1961

Answer explanation

Aid in various other forms was also sent and by 1965 there were over 100 Australian advisers in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Robert Menzies decided to send a battalion of soldiers to Vietnam in what year? (extra kudos if you know the month)

(a)  

The line through the middle of Vietnam was known as the...

• 17th parallel

• the equator

• the 18th parallel

• The border

Answer explanation

The capital of north Vietnam: Hanoi.

The capital of South Vietnam: Saigon

Why did Australia Commit troops to Vietnam in 1965?

• perceived communist threat

• debt owed to the US

• The need for national and collective security

• Supporting the US

(a)   means the deployment of forces across the approaches to Australia, in order to prevent an enemy ever reaching Australia.

On 20 January 1964 the Central Committee of the Communist Party of North Vietnam adopted a secret resolution declaring all-out war on South Vietnam. It hoped to defeat the South Vietnamese Army (SVA), also known as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) before the US could send large troop numbers into the conflict.

• True

• False

On 4 May 1960 , the ALP Leader of the Opposition, replied to Menzies’ speech on the floor of parliament. He began: ‘I propose to show that the Government’s decision rests on three false assumptions: An erroneous view of the nature of the war in Vietnam; a failure to understand the nature of the Communist challenge; and a false notion as to the interests of America and her allies’.

Who was the Australian opposition leader in 1965 who opposed the war in Vietnam?

Answer explanation

Arthur Calwell

What cue words will likely be used if you are being asked to comprehend in your external exam?

Answer explanation

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