The Disaster of Cambodia

  • Cambodia Gains Its Independence

    King Sihanouk gained its country independence from France, Pol Pot helped set up the Communist Party
  • Sihanouk Political Career

    Sihanouk father becomes the King and Sihanouk becomes the prime Minister.
  • The Death of a King

    Sihanouk father dies 91 years old.
  • Sihanouk Breaks up with the USA

    Sihanouk ends his relations with the USA and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia.
  • USA Bombs North Vietnamese on Cambodia Grounds

    They USA begins a secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces on Cambodia Ground.
  • Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk

    Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup. Then he proclaims the Khmer republic and sends the army to fight in. North Vietnamese in Cambodia.
  • Cambodia - Vietnamese War

    Phnom Penh captured by Vietnamese, People's Republic of Kampuchea established.
  • Lon Noi is overthrown

    Pol Pot overthrew the leader of Cambodia. Sihanouk became head of state.
  • Vietnamese fight the Cambodians

    Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Kampuchea with Cambodia
  • National Assembly Elections

    The national assembly elections was won by pro - Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party
  • Hun Sen

    Hun Sen becomes the prime minister of Cambodia.
  • Vietnam Withdraw Troops from Cambodia

    The Vietnam Troops withdraw and Hun Sen renames the country State of Cambodia.
  • Sihanouk became head of state

    Peace agreement signed in Paris, Sihanouk became head of state.
  • Country Renamed

    It was renamed to Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Three-Party Coalition Formed

    Norodom Ranariddh became prime minister and Sihanouk is reappointed as king.
  • Khmer Rouge Guerrillas Surrendered

    During government amnesty, thousands of Khmer Rouge guerrillas surrendered
  • Khmer Rouge tried Pol Pot

    Sentenced Pol Pot to life in Prison.
  • Prime Minister Ranariddh Tried in Absentia

    Found guilty of arms smuggling and he was pardoned by King Sihanouk
  • Pol Pot

    Pol Pot died while under house arrest
  • Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea

    Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's deputy, defects to the government along with the regime's ex-head of state Khieu Samphan.
  • Cambodian authorities arrest Kaing Guek Eav

    He is also known as Duch, for his role as head of the Khmer Rouge S-21 interrogation centre.
  • The Khmer Rouge War Crimes Tribunal is established

    By the Cambodian government and the United Nations.
  • Duch Sentenced

    Duch is sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment.
  • Protests

    Prostest were hold because the citizens protested the elections
  • Nuon Chea

    Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge, is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.