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Location
Vietnam
Belligerents

Anti-Communist forces:

1970 in the Vietnam War South Vietnam
1970 in the Vietnam War United States
1970 in the Vietnam War South Korea
1970 in the Vietnam War Australia
1970 in the Vietnam War Philippines
1970 in the Vietnam War New Zealand
Cambodia Khmer Republic
1970 in the Vietnam War Thailand
Laos Kingdom of Laos

Communist forces:

1970 in the Vietnam War North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong
Cambodia Khmer Rouge
Laos Pathet Lao
1970 in the Vietnam War People's Republic of China
1970 in the Vietnam War Soviet Union
Strength

South Vietnam: 968,000
United States: 335,790
South Korea: 48,540
Thailand: 11,570
Australia: 6,800
Philippines: 70

New Zealand: 440
Casualties and losses
US: 6,173 killed[1]
South Vietnam: 23,346 killed [2]: 275 		 Unknown

The United States continued its unilateral withdrawal of forces from South Vietnam notwithstanding the lack of progress at the Paris Peace Talks. The removal of Prince Norodom Sihanouk from power in Cambodia in March and his replacement by General Lon Nol, began the Cambodian Civil War. South Vietnamese and U.S. forces entered Cambodia in late April to attack People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Vietcong (VC) bases and supply lines there which had long been used to support the insurgency in South Vietnam. The expansion of the war revitalized the antiwar movement in the U.S. and led to the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings in May. While U.S. ground forces withdrew from Cambodia at the end of June and legislation was passed to prevent their reintroduction, the South Vietnamese conducted operations in Cambodia for the rest of the year and the U.S. provided air support and military aid to the Cambodian government. Despite this support the Cambodians lost control of vast areas of the country to the PAVN. Within South Vietnam the second half of the year saw a reduction in large U.S. operations with the focus shifting to pacification and population security and supporting Vietnamization. The PAVN/VC generally reverted to sapper attacks and attacks by fire but they fought hard to defend their base areas and infiltration routes.

  1. ^ "Vietnam War U.S. Military Fatal Casualty Statistics". National Archives. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ Clarke, Jeffrey (1988). United States Army in Vietnam: Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965-1973. Center of Military History, United States Army. ISBN 978-1518612619.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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