Cambodia Genocide

By Anderson
  • Independence

    Independence

    is important: because is independence was won.
  • king

    king

    Is important: after his father died and no new king was named, he became chief of state.
  • North Vietnamese

    North Vietnamese

    Is important: By the mid-1960s North Vietnamese Communists were operating from bases in eastern Cambodia.
  • Domestic

    Domestic

    Is important: Domestic opposition to Sihanouk culminated in March 1970 with a National Assembly vote to remove him from office.
  • Pol pot

    Pol pot

    Is important:In April 1975 the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, captured Phnom Penh and seized power.