6 April 1975

An injured woman is carried out after she was hit by a rocket that landed in Wat Botum compound, a pagoda complex near Prime Minister Long Boret’s house in PhnomPenh, Cambodia © Tea Kim Heang, @AP_Images https://t.co/NqByxgNXE3

A woman carries her property on her head as she flees the fighting in PhnomPenh, Cambodia. © Francoise Demulder,
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Cambodian artillerymen fire their 105mm howitzers in support of infantrymen trying to root out Khmer Rouge rocket sites that have been firing on PhnomPenh, Cambodia, from the north. © Neal Ulevich, @AP_Images https://t.co/6Fq8jWSuII

A vessel lies partially sunk in the port of Phnom Penh, Cambodia due to Khmer Rouge attacks. © Neal Ulevich, @AP_Images https://t.co/GnNzYSMeoO

The shortcomings of the Khmer army were enormous. At times Cambodian government soldiers had to take local buses to commute to the front-lines, usually about 15km away from the capital Phnom Penh. © @RNbkk https://t.co/BPOU9xtUlF