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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

From 1965 to 1968, 214 tons of bombs were dropped over Cambodia.[1]The Menu bombings were an escalation of what had previously been tactical air attacks. Newly inaugurated President Richard Nixonauthorized for the first time use of long-range Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers to carpet bomb Cambodia.[2]

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freedom_Deal "Operation Freedom Deal") immediately followed Operation Menu. Under Freedom Deal, B-52 bombing was expanded to a much larger areaof Cambodia and continued until August 1973.