operation menu was the codename of a covert united states strategic air command ( sac ) bombing Attack campaign conducted Action in eastern cambodia from 18 march 1969 until 26 may 1970 as part of both the vietnam war Hostile_encounter and the cambodian civil war Hostile_encounter .

according to the data , the air force began Process_start bombing Attack the rural regions of cambodia along its south vietnam border in 1965 under the johnson administration ; this was four years earlier than previously believed Statement .

under freedom deal Arranging , b-52 bombing Attack was expanded Expansion to a much larger area of cambodia and continued until august 1973 .

operation `` freedom deal '' was a united states seventh air force interdiction Action and close air support campaign waged in cambodia , a neutral country , between 19 may 1970 and 15 august 1973 , as an expansion Expansion of the vietnam war , as well as the cambodian civil war .

operation freedom deal followed and expanded Expansion the bombing Attack of cambodia conducted Action under operation menu in 1969 and 1970 .

although unable to deter Hindering vietnam from cambodia , china succeeded in demonstrating Protest that its cold war communist adversary , the soviet union , was unable to protect Defending its vietnamese ally .

although cambodia did not participate Participation , laos returned Arriving to compete Competition for the first time under the new federation name in this edition of the games .

the vietnam war ( ) , also known as the second indochina war , and in vietnam as the resistance war against america ( ) or simply the american war , was a conflict in vietnam , laos , and cambodia from 1 november 1955 to the fall of saigon on 30 april 1975 .