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Vietnam War

Aug 14, 1973:

U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases

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After several days of intense bombing in support of Lon Nol's forces fighting the communist Khmer Rouge in the area around Phnom Penh, Operations Arc Light and Freedom Deal end as the United States ceases bombing Cambodia at midnight. This was in accordance with June Congressional legislation passed in June and ended 12 years of combat activity in Indochina. President Nixon denounced Congress for cutting off the funding for further bombing operations, saying that it had undermined the "prospects for world peace." The United States continued unarmed reconnaissance flights and military aid to Cambodia, but ultimately the Khmer Rouge prevailed in 1975.

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This Week in History, Aug 14 - Aug 20

Aug 14, 1964
Hanoi prepares for more air attacks
Aug 14, 1965
Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai
Aug 14, 1972
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark reports on his tour of North Vietnam
Aug 14, 1973
U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases
Aug 15, 1968
Heavy fighting erupts in and around the DMZ
Aug 15, 1969
Woodstock begins in upstate New York
Aug 15, 1970
Regional Forces victorious
Aug 15, 1971
North Vietnamese capture Vietnamese marine base
Aug 16, 1964
General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state
Aug 16, 1966
Congress investigates antiwar demonstrators
Aug 16, 1967
Tonkin Gulf Resolution challenged
Aug 16, 1972
Heavy air attacks on North Vietnam
Aug 17, 1968
117,000 combat missions flown over North Vietnam in three years
Aug 17, 1973
U.S. troops to withdraw from Thailand
Aug 18, 1965
Marines launch Operation Starlite
Aug 18, 1966
Australians defeat VC at Long Tan
Aug 18, 1968
Communists launch new offensive
Aug 18, 1971
Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw troops from Vietnam
Aug 19, 1968
Many Americans against a bombing halt
Aug 19, 1970
Cambodia and U.S. sign military aid pact
Aug 19, 1972
Democratic candidate McGovern attacks Nixon policy in Vietnam
Aug 20, 1954
United States decides to support Diem
Aug 20, 1971
Minh and Ky withdraw from presidential race
Aug 20, 1974
Military aid to Saigon slashed

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