Cambodia timeline

  • cambodia

    the king of cambodia placed the country over the french protection.
  • facts for cambodia

    did you know that cambodia has 150 more states than delaware, or that cambodia is the size of 1.3 million football feilds.
  • cambodia

    Prince Norodom Sihanouk becomes king. Cambodia is occupied by Japan during World War II, and when world war II occured, cambodia was in danger, and under attack.
  • cambodia

    Since seizing power from his then co-prime minister, Prince Ranariddh, brother of the then king, Sihanouk, in 1997, critics believe Hun Sen has become increasingly authoritarian, using a mixture of electoral fraud, corruption and intimidation to maintain quasi-dictatorial rule.
  • cambodia

    Cambodia wins its independence from France. Under King Sihanouk, it becomes the Kingdom of Cambodia, and all of the people in cambodia worship and take commands from king Sihanouk.
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    Painful memories still endure of the radical communist Khmer Rouge's time in power under the leadership of Pol Pot between 1975 and 1978, when two million people died in the regime's brutal pursuit of a rural utopia.
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    Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia in pursuance of their campaign against the US-backed government in South Vietnam.
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    Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup. He proclaims the Khmer Republic and sends the army to fight the North Vietnamese in Cambodia. Sihanouk - in exile in China - forms a guerrilla movement. Over next few years the Cambodian army loses territory against the North Vietnamese and communist Khmer Rouge guerrillas
  • cambodia

    vietnamese attempt and attack on cambodia, but their defences were too strong, so they tried to bomb cambodia, but failed miserably.
  • cambodia

    vietnamese began a 10-year occupation, and touched off a 13 year cival war, and ended with a deadly bombing that was launched by pol pot.
  • cambodia conclusion

  • cambodia

    A peace agreement is signed in Paris. A UN transitional authority shares power temporarily with representatives of the various factions in Cambodia. Sihanouk becomes head of state.
  • cambodia

    this place is boardered by thailand and laos
  • cambodia

    cambodia has 3 different states
    and has 7 different rivers
  • Cambodia

    cambodia is 180000000miles squared long
  • cambodia

    cambodia is an interesting place about the wildlife
  • cambodia

    Hun Sen's ruling CPP claims victory in parliamentary elections criticised by EU monitors. Cambodia and Thailand move troops to disputed land near Preah Vihear temple after decision to list it as UN World Heritage Site fans nationalist sentiment on both sides.
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    Former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav known as Duch goes on trial on charges of presiding over the murder and torture of thousands of people as head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison camp.
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    Comrade Duch is found guilty of crimes against humanity and given 35-year prison sentence.
  • cambodia

    Comrade Duch is found guilty of crimes against humanity and given 35-year prison sentence.
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    Tensions rise as Cambodia charges two Thai citizens with spying after they were arrested for crossing the disputed border. Respective forces exchange fire across the border. Hun Sen calls for UN peacekeepers.
  • cambodia

    Parliament passes a bill making it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.
  • cambodia

    national elections were disputed with the opposition the CNRP(Cambodian National Rescue Party) boycotting the National assembly.
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    More than 150,000 Cambodian workers return home from neighbouring Thailand after rumours circulate that the new military junta there will crack down on illegal migrants.
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    A UN-backed court in Cambodia sentences two senior Khmer Rouge leaders to life in prison for their role in the terror that swept the country in the 1970s. The two, second-in-command Nuon Chea, and the former head of state Khieu Samphan, are the first top Khmer Rouge figures to be jailed.
  • cambodia

    Prime Minister Hun Sen marks thirty years in power.
  • cambodia

    estimates for cambodia take into account the effects of excess morallity due to AIDS.