Khmer Krom battalions) and resulted in the loss of another ten battalions-worth of equipment, which included two howitzers, four tanks, five armoured personnel carriers, one scout car, ten jeeps, and about two dozen other vehicles. Militarily and psychologically, the damage suffered during Operation Chenla II was a big one from which the Cambodians would never recover. From then on, the Republican government focused on consolidating its hold over the key urban centers, the main garrisons and the lower Mekong-Bassac river corridors, thus leaving most of the countryside virtually open to Khmer Rouge recruiting drives. See also Battle of Kampot Cambodian Civil War Khmer National Armed Forces Khmer Rouge Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War References Bibliography John S. Bowman, The Vietnam War, Day by Day, Mallard Books, New York 1989. Sak Sutsakhan, The Khmer Republic at War and the Final Collapse, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Washington D.C. 1980. – available online at Part 1Part 2Part 3 Part 4. Royal College Of Defence Studies 1975 Course – The War in Cambodia Its Causes And Military Development And The Political History Of The Khmer Republic 1970 – 1975. External links 1-FANK Order of the Day, 5 October 1971 2-Quan Doi Nhan Dan On Blows to Nixon's Khmerization Scheme Chenla II Chenla II 1971 in Cambodia Chenla II Military history of Cambodia Chenla II Chenla II