Battle of Prey Veng
The Battle of Prey Veng was a battle fought between a combined force of South Vietnamese troops and Cambodian Army units, and the North Vietnamese forces. It took place in Prey Veng, Cambodia, on June 15, 1970, during the Vietnam War.
The Battle of Prey Veng was part of the South Vietnamese Army military campaign in Cambodia. The Cambodian President General Lon Nol had authorized South Vietnamese and American units to conduct undercover operations in a jungle-covered strip of land which was used by communist forces (Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops) as a sanctuary from which they launched attacks against American and South Vietnamese bases in South Vietnam.
With the air support of the United States forces, the South Vietnamese and the Cambodian Armies launched in early June a combined operation against the communist forces which had camps in the area. The Battle of Prey Veng was one of the several military engagements that took place during this campaign and ended with a communist defeat as 120 enemy troops were killed and an important amount of weapons, such as machine guns, mortars, and rocket launchers were captured by the Cambodian Army.
