Operation Prek Ta
Operation Prek Ta was a joint Cambodian-South Vietnamese offensive at the beginning of 1972 against People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces south of Route 1. The result proved inconclusive, and the Khmer National Armed Forces was forced to pull back to Phnom Penh.
| Operation Prek Ta | |||||||||
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| Part of Cambodian Civil War With Vietnam War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 North Vietnam Vietcong |
 South Vietnam Khmer Republic | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Trần Văn Trà | Sak Sutsakhan | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | 11 infantry battalions+ | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
See also
Notes
- ↑ Conboy and Bowra, The War in Cambodia 1970–75 (1989), p. 7.
References
- Kenneth Conboy, Kenneth Bowra, and Mike Chappell, The War in Cambodia 1970–75, Men-at-arms series 209, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1989. ISBN 0-85045-851-X
- Kenneth Conboy, FANK: A History of the Cambodian Armed Forces, 1970–1975, Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte Ltd, Djakarta 2011. ISBN 9789793780863
- Sak Sutsakhan, The Khmer Republic at War and the Final Collapse, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington D.C. 1980. – available online at Part 1Part 2Part 3 Part 4.
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