Why Did It Happen?
On March 18, 1969 the United States sent in aircraft that were assigned to carpet-bomb various locations of Cambodia. All the while killing many civilians and sending troops across the border. Before this the North Vietnamese government also invaded Cambodia as a strategic location to invade the rest of the neighboring countries. The Nixon Administration wanted to stop the North Vietnamese as well as the Khmer Rouge groups (led by Pol Pot). The possibility of communism was also a concern for America.
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