Cambodian history

By greinerojs

  • 1950

    Cambodian communists join forces with Vietnamese against French colonialism

  • 1994-70

    Kingdom of Cambodia, under Prince Norodom Sihanouk, foreign policy and neutral in the Vietnam War.

  • US escalation of Vietnam War

    Vietnamese communist seek sanctuary in Cambodia. Sihanouk breaks relations with USA, continuing on domestic communists

  • Pol pot

    Pol Pot group of Cambodian communists launch an insurgency against Sihanouk in northwest Cambodia.

  • 1969

    bombardment of Vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia begins.

  • 1975

    Democratic Kampuchea (DK)

  • 1979

    Vietnamese troops invade and overthrow Pol Pot regime.

  • 1991

    Paris Agreement on Cambodia signed on 23 October by the four Cambodian factions and eighteen Foreign Ministers of interested countries.

  • 1994

    Khmer Rouge movement outlawed by Cambodia’s National Assembly.

  • 1996

    Khmer Rouge forces split, with Ieng Sary defecting to the government in return for a charge.

  • 1997

    Pol Pot executes Son Sen and is in turn placed in house arrest by Mok, Nuon Chea, and Khieu Samphan.

  • 1999

    Mok is captured by Cambodian army and sent before a military tribunal. Former DK prison commandant Kang Khek Ieu is also arrested.