Cambodia

Cambodia

By bechtoldmjs

  • Independence

    France granted Cambodia Independence

  • Career for Sihanouk

    Sihanouk abdicates to pursue a political career.

  • Break

    Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia

  • Bombing

    The US begins a secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces on Cambodian soil.

  • Overthrown

    Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup.

  • Homeless

    Two million Cambodians are made homeless by escalating war between Lon Nol and the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot.
  • Period: to

    Year Zero

    Capitalism, Western culture, city life, religion, and all foreign influences were to be extinguished in favor of an extreme form of peasant Communism.

  • Name

    The country was renamed Democratic Kampuchea.

  • War

    A war between Cambodia and Vietnam began

  • Invasion

    Vietnam invaded Cambodia.

  • Taken

    The Vietnamese take Phnom Penh. Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge forces flee to the border region with Thailand.

  • Elections

    The pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party wins parliamentary elections.

  • Prime Minister

    Hun Sen becomes prime minister.

  • Remove

    Vietnamese troops withdraw.

  • Peace

    A peace agreement is signed in Paris.

  • Giulty as Charged

    The Khmer Rouge put Pol Pot on trial and sentence him to life imprisonment

  • Re-Named

    The monarchy is restored, Sihanouk becomes king again. The country is re-named the Kingdom of Cambodia.

  • Outlaws

    The Khmer Rouge are outlawed

  • Prisoned

    The Khmer Rouge put Pol Pot on trial and sentence him to life imprisonment.

  • Ruler Dies

    Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot dies

  • Withdraw

    Cambodia and Thailand withdraw their troops from a disputed border area near the Preah Vihear temple

  • Dies

    Former king, Norodom Sihanouk, dies of a heart attack. He was 89.

  • Turn Out

    Tens of thousands of people turn out in Phnom Penh for the cremation of the former king, Norodom Sihanouk.

  • Parliment

    Parliament passes a bill making it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.

  • Protests

    Mass protests in Phnom Penh over contested election results.

  • Sources

    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/90520/Cambodia/52487/Independence http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828 http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/cambodia/history http://www.yale.edu/cgp/chron.html