Lon Nol resigns, flees into exile as Khmer Rouge 40 years ago this hour (Apr 1 1975)

1970s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Cambodia and Laos [8/11]' (Apr. 1, 1975, at 49:25)

(Tuesday, April 1, 1975, about noon ICT; during the Cambodian Civil War, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — With Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and departed Pochentong International Airport west of Phnom Penh into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.