The Vietnam War was one of the longest and toughest wars Australia had ever been involved in. The Vietnam War took place from 1962 to 1972. It was fought between communist North Vietnam against capitalist South Vietnam. Australia and America also disagreed with the ideology of communism and joined South Vietnamese in the attempt to stop the spread of communism. Whilst Australian soldiers were fighting in Vietnam there were mixed opinions back home about their involvement in the war. The support and opposition of the war lead to rioting and protests across the country.

The war originated when communist North Vietnamese wanted to join North and South Vietnam as one communist dictatorship, taking South Vietnam away from the French colonisation. During this time the USA and the USSR were in the cold war conflict over communism and capitalism ideologies. To show there support against communism America joined the South Vietnamese and fought to resist a communist takeover by the North......

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