Cambodia history

By daleejs

  • independence

    Cambodia wins independence from France.

  • political career

    Sihanouk abdicates to pursue a political career.

  • become head of state

    Sihanouk becomes head of state

  • father dies

    Sihanouk's father dies.

  • breaking up

    Sihanouk breaks up with the US

  • stealth bombing

    The US begins a secret bombing campaign

  • overthrower

    Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup

  • Lon Nol is overthrown

    Lon Nol is overthrown as the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot occupy Phnom Penh

  • renamed democratic

    the democratic are renamed kampuchea

  • Fighting breaks

    Fighting breaks out with Vietnam.

  • Vietnamese forces invade

    Vietnamese forces invade cambodia

  • taking Phnom Penh

    The Vietnamese take Phnom Penh

  • Revolutionary Party wins

    The pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party wins

  • prime minister

    Hun Sen becomes prime minister

  • withdraw

    Vietnamese troops withdraw

  • peace agreement

    A peace agreement is signed in Paris