Lon Nol takes power in Cambodia amid regional escalation

Hồ Chí Minh died as the war continued. He had become an international symbol of Vietnamese independence, though the state and military leadership were collective institutions and policy did not end...

Millions of people participated in or supported local demonstrations and vigils across the United States. The Moratorium showed that opposition to the war had spread into workplaces, churches and...

Nixon announced a gradual transfer of combat responsibilities to South Vietnamese forces while U.S. troops were withdrawn. The policy reduced direct U.S. ground exposure but prolonged fighting and...

A major mobilization brought hundreds of thousands to Washington to demand an end to the war. The event followed the October Moratorium and demonstrated sustained public opposition as U.S. forces...

The National Assembly voted to remove Sihanouk while he was abroad, and Lon Nol took power. The change drew Cambodia deeper into regional conflict. Cambodian political actors and civilians had their...

A U.S. directive authorized the deployment of U.S. and South Vietnamese ground forces into Cambodia. The campaign widened the war into a formally neutral state and provoked intense opposition in the...

Nixon announced a cross-border ground incursion aimed at North Vietnamese and NLF base areas. The action broadened the war, provoked mass protests in the United States and led Congress to restrict...

National Guard troops fired on students during protests against the Cambodia incursion, killing Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder. The shootings intensified the...

Tens of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., after the Cambodian campaign and the deaths of students at Kent State. The protest connected opposition to the foreign war with domestic state...

Mississippi police and highway patrol officers fired into Alexander Hall during campus unrest, killing Phillip Gibbs and James Green and wounding others. The shootings followed Kent State but received...