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  2. Fall of Phnom Penh - Wikipedia

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    The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively ending the Cambodian Civil War. At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, one of the last remaining strongholds of the Khmer Republic, was surrounded by the Khmer Rouge and totally ...

  3. Operation Eagle Pull - Wikipedia

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    Operation Eagle Pull was the United States military evacuation by air of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 April 1975. [1] [2] At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, one of the last remaining strongholds of the Khmer Republic, was surrounded by the Khmer Rouge and totally dependent on aerial resupply through Pochentong Airport.

  4. Cambodian Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Seventh Air Force argued that the bombing prevented the fall of Phnom Penh in 1973 by killing 16,000 of 25,500 Khmer Rouge fighters besieging the city. [ 103 ] By the last day of Operation Freedom Deal (15 August 1973), 250,000 tons of bombs had been dropped on the Khmer Republic, 82,000 tons of which had been released in the last 45 days of ...

  5. 1975 in Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    April 19 - Two days after the fall of Phnom Penh, the new Khmer Rouge regime announced that all former government employees, including soldiers, military officers, and policemen, would be required to register with the new local authorities.

  6. Phnom Penh - Wikipedia

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    Phnom Penh [a] is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. ... Phnom Penh succeeded Angkor Thom as the national capital in 1434 following the fall of Angkor, ...

  7. Fall of Phnom Penh (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Fall of Phnom Penh may refer to: Fall of Phnom Penh in 1975, leading to the end of the Cambodian Civil War; Fall of Phnom Penh (1979) ...

  8. Mayaguez incident - Wikipedia

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    Following the Fall of Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975 the Khmer Rouge moved to take control of all of Cambodia from the residual Khmer Republic forces. With the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 the Khmer Rouge demanded that all People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong forces leave their base areas in Cambodia, but the PAVN refused to leave ...

  9. Operation Freedom Deal - Wikipedia

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    When the Khmer Rouge refused to respond, the bombing resumed on 9 February. The U.S. Seventh Air Force argued that the bombing prevented the fall of Phnom Penh in 1973 by killing 16,000 of 25,000 Khmer Rouge fighters besieging the city. [20] In March the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed a much expanded bombing campaign. From then until the ...

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