A trip Through Time in Cambodia

By swaings

  • Winning Independence

    On November 9, 1953 Cambodia won independence against France. Their name became the Kingdom of Cambodia.

  • King Sihanouk

    King Sihanouk abdicated. In favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit.

  • Cambodia and South Vietnam

    Cambodia served ties with South Vietnam. Cambodia president declares "There must be war."

  • Secret Bombing Campaign

    The US begins secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces in Cambodia soil. The first four year bombing campaign.

  • General Lon Nol

    General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. Start of the Cambodian Civil War and the US Cambodian Campaign.

  • Khmer Rouge

    Khmer Rouge took full control of the city Phnom Penh. They forced over 2 million people into the country side.

  • Khmer Rouge

    The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk captured Phnom Penh. Then declared the establishment of Kingdom of Cambodia.

  • Cambodia Fights

    Cambodia and Vietnam have started a war. They had war because Vietnam invaded their territory.

  • Cambodia Broke Relations

    Cambodia broke relations. They broke them with Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

  • Phnom Penh is Captured

    Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh. They then head west and reestablish their forces in Thai territory.

  • Vietnams Withdrew

    Vietnams troops withdrew from Cambodia. The departing vietnams troops received a lot of publicity after this.

  • Cambodia Partys Signed a Peace Agreement

    All of Cambodia Parties signed a peace agreement in Paris. And agreed to a national election.

  • Cambodia gets Monitored

    A United Nations peacekeeping force began monitoring Cambodia. They did the because Cambodia was starting to have high leveled meetings.

  • A New Constitution

    A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne.

  • Death of Pol Pot

    Pol Pot died in Anlong Veng, Cambodia. After this other senior Khmer Rouge was defected in 1998.

  • Banned from Cambodia

    Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia.

  • Destroyed Thai Embassy

    Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.

  • Prime Minister Won Majority of Seats

    Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

  • Thailand Encounter

    Clashes began with Thailand over territory immediately adjacent to the Preah Vihear Temple.

  • Norodom Sihanouk

    Former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk died in Beijing at the age of 89.