During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge communists had formed an alliance to fight U.S.-backed regimes in their respective countries. Despite their open display of cooperation with the Vietnamese, the Khmer Rouge leadership feared that the Vietnamese communists were scheming to form an Indochinese federation with Vietnam as the dominant force in the region. read more
Supplies to the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam flowed through a series of roads and trails stretching from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia. The Vietnamese supply network went through those countries so it was necessary for the US and South Vietnam to attempt to stop the flow of supplies. read more
The Invasion of Cambodia A peaceful protest at LSU in May 1970 (1000+ students) On April 30th of 1970, President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that the American military troops, accompanied by the South Vietnamese People's Army, were to invade Cambodia. read more