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Cambodia wins its independence from France.King Sihanouk makes it becomes the Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Sihanouk stops being King and his father becomes king
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Sihanouk's father dies, he become head of state
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Sihanouk stops communication with the US and Vietnamese
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The US begins a secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces on Cambodian soil.
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Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup, he then fights the Vietnamese. Sihanouk forms a guerrilla movement while on exile
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Lon Nol is overthrown as the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot occupy Phnom Penh. Sihanouk briefly becomes head of state, the country is re-named Kampuchea.
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Fighting breaks out with Vietnam.
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The Vietnamese invade Cambodia.
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Vietnamese take Phnom Penh
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The Pro-Vietnamese party wins and isn't recognised as a new government.
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Hun Sen becomes prime minister. Cambodia is plagued by guerrilla warfare. Hundreds of thousands become refugees.
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Vietnamese troops withdraw. Hun Sen tries to attract foreign investment by abandoning socialism. The country is re-named the State of Cambodia. Buddhism is re-established as the state religion.
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All Cambodian parties signed a peace agreement in Paris and agreed to organize a national election under the supervision of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). The Khmer Rouge boycotted the UN-organized election and refused to demobilize their forces.
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A newly elected government came to power called the Royal Government of Cambodia. For several years, Khmer Rouge soldiers continued to fight against these troops.
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Thousands of Khmer Rouge Guerrillas surrender
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Pol Pot died. Other senior Khmer Rouge leaders defected in 1998.
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The Khmer Rouge movement totally collapsed. All of its leaders had either defected to the Royal Government of Cambodia, been arrested, or died.
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The last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge who refused to join the Royal Government of Cambodia, Ta Mok, was captured.
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first multi-party local elections.
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