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Cambodian Genocide

By Logan Strehlau

  • Cambodian Independence

    Cambodia declared independence from French rule.
    Prince Sihanouk became the king of the constitutional monarchy

  • U.S. Bombing

    The U.S. bombs Cambodia killing between 150,000 and 500,000 Cambodians

  • Rise of the Communist Khmer Rouge

  • Lon Nol the President

    Lon Nol declares himself president, defense minister and marshal of the armed forces.

  • Capturing of the capital

    Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge capture Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh.
    Cambodia was renamed a “Democratic Kampuchea.”

  • During Lon Nol's Presidency

    The U.S. Spends $1.85 billion lifting Lon Nol's regime between 1970 and 1975

  • Vietnam Invasion

    Vietnam sends 60,000 troops into Cambodia

  • Khmer Rouge launches PR Campaign

    Two American and one Scottish journalist is allowed to visit Cambodia for the first time since 1975.
    Scottish journalist is later killed

  • Phnom Penh fell and Pol Pot stepped down

    Pol Pot was replaced by Khieu Samphan who died in the genocide. He also admitted to around 10,000 killings

  • The fall of Khmer Rouge

  • What happened to Pol Pot

    Fled to Thailand
    In 1991 he orchestrates a peace deal.
    In 1993 the monarchy is restored
    April 1998 pol pot dies