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A series of 3 conflicts fought primarily in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
A conflict between the French and Viet Minh -
prolonged and intense military engagement fought during the Vietnam War -
Agreements to end the first Indochina war -
Two naval confrontations that led to the American intervention. -
The United States military began a nearly four-year, sustained aerial bombardment -
The largest American ground operation in the Vietnam War -
A series of surprise attacks launched by the North Vietnamese, on the South Vietnamese. -
When American soldiers brutally killed more then 500 children, elderly, men, and women -
U.S. and South Vietnamese ground forces invaded eastern Cambodia in an effort to destroy North Vietnamese military bases. -
Lon Nol, staged a successful, U.S.-backed coup. Sihanouk fled to China and formed an alliance with the Khmer Rouge -
In an effort to target North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sanctuaries, President Richard Nixon authorized a massive, secret bombing campaign on Cambodia. -
Khmer Rouge forces captured the capital city of Phnom Penh, ending the Cambodian Civil War and taking control of the country. The new regime, under Pol Pot, renamed the country Democratic Kampuchea. -
The end of the Vietnam war, when the American soldiers retreated -
The Khmer Rouge officially renamed the country Democratic Kampuchea and enacted their radical, ultra-Maoist ideology -
The Khmer Rouge implemented a radical agrarian vision to create a classless, communist society. They abolished money, private property, and religion. -
Vietnamese forces captured Phnom Penh on January 7, 1979, ending the Khmer Rouge's brutal four-year rule and driving them back to the Thai border. -
As internal purges and paranoia intensified, a former high school in Phnom Penh was converted into the Security Prison 21 (S-21). Approximately 15,000 people were interrogated, tortured, and forced to confess to crimes against the state before being executed at the Choeung Ek Killing Fields. -
The accords officially ended the conflict and established the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) to oversee a ceasefire, elections, and the transition to a new government. -
The Khmer Rouge leader, having been sentenced to house arrest by former colleagues, died in the jungle. -
I was born in Anchorage Alaska -
I went to kindergarten at Nikiski North Star. My teacher was Mrs.Redfern -
I was 7 when I moved in with my Granny -
I went to Middle school at NMHS -
I started wrestling in 7th grade, my coach was Coleman