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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.