Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 2. A former French colony, covering modern-day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
  2. 4. The idea, put forward by US president Eisenhower, that if one country in South-East Asia became communist, then its neighbours would soon follow
  3. 5. The part of the country ruled by a capitalist, somewhat-democratic government after the partition of Indochina
  4. 6. (and 8-down) Someone who refuses to go along with conscription for ethical reasons
  5. 11. Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Vietnam War (1949-1966), and a very strong opponent of communism
  6. 12. The founder of the League for Independence of Vietnam, considered to be the 'Father' of modern Vietnam
Down
  1. 1. An organisation created by the mothers of conscription-aged men, which organised silent protests in opposition to conscription and the Vietnam War in general
  2. 3. The common name for the League for Independence of Vietnam
  3. 7. The part of the country ruled by the communist Viet Minh
  4. 8. See 6-across
  5. 9. The compulsory recruitment of people to serve in the military
  6. 10. A political and economic system based on state ownership of all property and equality of all citizens