The history of Cambodia

By brewerj11

  • Cambodia proclaimed independence from France

    Cambodia in 1953 on November ninth 1953 proclaimed independence from France which ended an eight decade colonial control.

  • The Vietnam war

    The Vietnam war was in Cambodia.

  • The government of the Soviet Union provided diplomatic assistance

    The government of the Soviet Union provided diplomatic assistance to Cambodia government.

  • US bombed Cambodia

    The US bombed Cambodia to reduce the threat to US group forces

  • Cambodian coup

    Around 32 people were killed

  • US and South Vietnamese ground forces entered eastern Cambodia to attack Communist sanctuaries there

    The Vietnamese communist moved deeper into Cambodia and begun seizing large sections of the countryside for the Khmer Rouge.

  • a force of 100 PAVN/Viet Cong commandos attacked Pochentong airfield

    Pochentong airfield was attacked by commandos

  • Vietnam intervene in Cambodia

    Armed forces of Vietnam launched an invasion on Cambodia.

  • Vietnamese troops seize the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh

    The toppling of brutal ragtime of pol pot and his Khmer Rouge

  • Fighting a guerrilla war

    The Khmer Rough fought against the Vietnamese

  • The pro Vietnamese Kampuchean revolutionary wins election

    The pro Vietnamese Kapuchean won the parliamentary election

  • A alliance was reached

    An aliance happened between the Vietnamese backed regime in Phom Penh

  • Intense fighting between Khmer Rouch gurrillas

    The fighting took place around Kompot

  • A new political party comes

    A new political party called the democratic national union movement was formed

  • Renounced ceasefire

    They refused to disarm, ended cooperations with the UNTAC, and, they boycotted the elections.

  • Last Khmer Rouge guerrillas surrender

    The last person from the Khmer Rouge surrendered

  • Flooding in Cambodia

    Was one of the worst floods in over 70 years

  • The Khmer Rouge leaders were trialed

    The Khmer Rouge leaders were trialed for crimes against humanity by the government

  • a turning point for Cambodia's political terrain

    The SPR slowly expanded

  • Phnom Penh riots

    The Phnom Phenh riots in Phnom Penh International Airport which resulted in Thai citizens safely left Cambodia