✦ History

Part of Vietnam War

Cambodian campaign

April 29 – July 22, 1970 · Cambodian campaign

Result State of Cambodia/ARVN/US Victory

American and South Vietnamese forces struck North Vietnamese bases across the Cambodian border (position approximate).

On the map Contemporaries

South Vietnam and allies

North Vietnam and allies

Other

United States
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Khmer Rouge
Richard Nixon military commander Lon Nol military commander Creighton Abrams military commander Đỗ Cao Trí military commander Lu Mong Lan military commander
Nuon Chea military commander Norodom Sihanouk belligerent leader Pham Hung military commander Hoàng Minh Thảo military commander Hoàng Văn Thái military commander

Strength and losses

South Vietnam Strength 58,608 · Killed 638

United States Strength 50,659 · Killed 338

Strength
c. 40,000
Captured
2,328
Killed
c. 6,525

Units

1st Cavalry Division (United States) ARVN 5th Division United States Air Force
Viet Cong 9th Division