USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Operation Menu was a covert United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) tactical bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970 as part of both the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nixon launched raids against North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to disrupt supply lines. Nixon wanted to secure peace by training the South Vietnamese to fight the communists after U.S. troops left completely and to negotiate a peace settlement.

Detailed explanation-3: -In March 1969, in an effort to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines, President Nixon secretly ordered the US Air Force to conduct an extensive bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Publicly, Nixon said his strategy was a combination of negotiating and Vietnamization. In fact, he began the withdrawals even before he issued his secret ultimatum to the Communists, and he continued to announce partial troop withdrawals throughout his first term.

Detailed explanation-5: -President Nixon ordered the incursion of U.S. ground troops into the neutral country of Cambodia in an effort to “root-out” any communist forces concentrated there. Although aware that this bold move would draw criticism from anti-war elements, Nixon believed the strategy necessary.