20 June 2017



Exploded shell


Remember Laos and Cambodia are not really in this fight, however both of these countries were  heavily bombed due to their proximity to  Vietnam
Since I posted this I have read a number of articles with regards to Laos and Cambodia...here are some sobering facts:

(www.legaciesofwar.org) From 1964 - 1973 the U.S military dropped more than 2 Million TONS of ordnance on Laos during 58000 bombing missions. This breaks down to a "plane load of bombs every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day for 9 years"
These bombing raids were part of the US government's 'Secret War' in Laos to disrupt activity and traffic along the
Ho Chi Minh Trail
On April 30, 1970 Nixon declared on television that the US military and the South Vietnamese People's Army were to invade Cambodia however...
 Cambodia has been subject to many months of bombing (American B-52's) ordered by President Nixon without the knowledge of the American citizens.
750000 Cambodians were killed


No comments:

Post a Comment