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The Cambodian genocide [a] was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens [b] by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( c. 7.8 million).
Operation Freedom Deal was a military campaign led by the United States Seventh Air Force, taking place in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August 1973. Part of the larger Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War, the goal of the operation was to provide air support and interdiction in the region. Launched by President Richard Nixon as a ...
Operation Menu. Operation Menu was a covert United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) tactical bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of both the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War. The targets of these attacks were sanctuaries and base areas of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN ...
The country of roughly 17 million is also still recovering from the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge, ... “Kissinger and Nixon saw the world in terms of getting the kinds of outcomes that ...
Cambodian Civil War. Cambodian Civil War. Part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars, the Sino-Soviet Split, and the Cold War in Asia. U.S. M48 Patton tanks entering Snuol in Cambodia in 1970. Date. 11 March 1967 – 17 April 1975. (8 years, 1 month and 6 days) Location. Cambodia, later the Khmer Republic.
Cambodia. Nowhere has the impact of Kissinger’s influence been more keenly felt than in Cambodia, where his role in expanding the Vietnam War through a “secret bombing” campaign in 1969 and ...
In tandem with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Agnew had urged President Nixon to invade Cambodia a month after the coup in a meeting on 22 April. [35] Cambodia abandoned an international policy of neutrality and aligned with the United States.
President Richard Nixon awards the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1973 to Gary Littrell for his bravery and courageous conduct in fighting off enemy forces near the Cambodian border during the ...