Combodia

  • Louis Deleporte Exploration

    The French School of the Far East began at the ancient city of Angkor.
  • Seaside town

    Seaside town of Kep was found during the French colonial.
  • French

    French established the National Museum of Cambodia of findngs from their explorations
  • Norodom Sihanouk

    2 time king 1941-1955 and 1993-2004 president and premier of Cmabodia was born
  • Arrested

    Andre Malraux was arrested while doing archeological.
  • Muderer

    dictator and mass muderer was born in Prek Sbauv
  • World war II

    The end of War world II Thailand was compelled to return to there territory
  • Saloth Sar

    Pol Pot of Cambodia went to Paris on government scholarship
  • French

    Viet Minh guerrillas had infiltrated Cambodia and opened an arms sumuggling corridor to Thailand
  • Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia

    Came independent states in French Union
  • Independence

    King Norodom Sihanouk gave Cambodia independence from France
  • SEATO (southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

    A sister organization to NATO created under the Manila Pact by Southeast Asia Collective Defence Treaty to stop communist from spreading in Southeast Asia
  • King Norodom

    King Sihanouk put his father on the throne and assumed the posititon of the prime minister.
  • Laos government

    The Laos government feld Cambodia as the capital city of Vientiane
  • Court of Justice

    The Int'l Court of Justice awarded the Preah Vihear temple located in Cambodia
  • Cambodia

    severed ties with South Vietnam
  • Military

    Cambodia was receiving military said from Chia
  • UN

    warned the UN of retaliation unless the U.S. and South Vietnam end intrusions
  • American Troops

    American Troops began the largest offensive of the war, near the Cambodia boarder
  • Cambodia and United States

    Cambodia charder that the United States and South Vietnam has crossed the boarder
  • Viet Cong

    Cambodia admitted that the Viet Cong used their country for bombing
  • President Nixon

    President Nixon ordered plans for secret bombing of Cambodia
  • ordered

    Cambodia ordered Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to get out of their country
  • Forces

    Communist forces shelled Phnom Penh
  • "secret"

    The "secret" bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.