Cambodia

By brubakerjrs1

  • Independence Day!

    On November 9, 1953, Cambodia gain their independence from France.

  • Communist Party of Kampuchea

    The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) was formed.

  • Armed Rebellion

    Leaders of the Khmer Rouge flee from their home base in Phnom Penh to start an armed rebellion. The main leader of the Khmer Rouge is Pol Pot.

  • CPK Control

    The CPK took control of Cambodia.

  • Prision

    Four months after the Khmer Rouge set up their government, a local high-school in Phnom Penh was converted into what became known as S-21. Otherwise known as a prision where people were tortured.

  • Four-Year Plan

    The Khmer Rouge creates the Democratic Kampuchea. They make a 'four-year plan', which calls for seizing all private property and establish rice cultivation as a primary resource.

  • Pol Pot Strikes Again

    Pol Pot starts another round of mass murders, this time though he is aiming for official communists and just normal people who were communists.

  • Vietnam Invasion

    Vietnam forces launched a major invasion on Cambodia.

  • Phnom Penh is Captured

    In this day Phnom Penh was captured by the Vietnam forces.

  • No Longer under Control

    This is when the CPK stopped taking control over Cambodia.

  • The Fall of Khmer Rouge

    Vietnamese forces take Phnom Penh and the Khmer Rouge regime falls

  • Peace Treaty with Vietnam

    On this date Heng Samrin signed a peace treaty with Vietnam to gain friendship.

  • Vietnam in the Dry-Season

    This is when Vietnamese forces started the biggest dry-season offensive in the war.

  • Vietnam in the Dry-Season

    This is the end of the dry-season for Vietnam in War.

  • The Paris Confrence

    Vietnamese troops withdraw from the country and the Khmer Rouge attempt to regain power.

  • The Paris Conference

    This was when Paris made there final of the Paris Conference on Cambodia.

  • Khmer Rouge Outlawed

    The Cambodian National Assembly votes to outlaw the Khmer Rouge.

  • Pol Pot Arrested

    Pol Pot was arrested after mudering thousands of innocent people. He was sentenced to house arrrest.

  • Ta Mok Arrested

    Ta Mok, the man who put Pol Pot under house arrest, was arrested because he was known as 'the butcher' during the Khmer Rouge years.

  • Pol Pot Dies

    In 1998, Pol Pot commited suicide while under house arrest.

  • Coalition Government

    The FUNCINPEC Party was elected and the Cambodian People's Party was elected to form a combined governent.

  • U.N and Cambodia

    The U.N. and Cambodia agree to make the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to try Khmer Rouge leaders.

  • U.N approves

    The U.N. approves the tribunal after years of debate

  • Duch's Trial

    Duch goes on trial.

  • "Brother Number Two"

    The trail of "Brother Number Two" along with three other senior members of the Khmer Rouge is set to begin.

  • (Citations)

    http://www.cambodia.org/facts/?page=independence http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006539 http://www.pbs.org/pov/enemies/photo_gallery_timeline.php#.U2eRtuZdXZc http://www.usip.org/publications/peace-agreements-cambodia http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/pol_pot/index.html http://sophal.faithweb.com/CAMBODIA/1985.html