South Vietnamese forces launch a new offensive into Cambodia, advancing across a 100-mile-wide front in southeastern Cambodia. The new offensive was aimed at cleaning out border sanctuaries and blocking North Vietnamese forces from moving through Cambodia into South Vietnam. The 6,000-man South Vietnamese task force pulled out on November 11 after failing to find new Communist troop sanctuaries. Forty-one enemy soldiers were reportedly killed in the operation.
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Nov 6, 1970:
South Vietnamese forces attack into Cambodia
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This Week in History, Nov 6 - Nov 12
- Nov 06, 1963
- General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam
- Nov 06, 1970
- South Vietnamese forces attack into Cambodia
- Nov 07, 1964
- U.S. intelligence asserts numbers of North Vietnamese in South Vietnam growing
- Nov 07, 1966
- McNamara shouted down at Harvard speech
- Nov 07, 1972
- Nixon re-elected president
- Nov 08, 1965
- Lawrence Joel earns Medal of Honor
- Nov 09, 1965
- Antiwar protestor sets himself afire
- Nov 09, 1967
- Captain Lance Sijan shot down over North Vietnam
- Nov 09, 1970
- Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War
- Nov 10, 1964
- McNamara says that U.S. has no plans to send combat troops to Vietnam
- Nov 10, 1970
- No U.S. combat fatalities reported
- Nov 10, 1971
- Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh airport
- Nov 11, 1967
- Viet Cong release U.S. prisoners of war
- Nov 11, 1968
- Operation Commando Hunt commences
- Nov 11, 1972
- Long Binh base turned over to South Vietnam
- Nov 12, 1969
- Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story
- Nov 12, 1971
- Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal
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