Cambodia

CAMBODIAN HISTORY

By barney_trezona
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    FRENCH RULE

    NINETY YEARS OF FRENCH RULE KING NORODOM I FORCED TO SIGN.

  • FRENCH RULE

    FRENCH RULE

  • JAPANESE INVASION

    JAPANESE INVASION

  • INDEPENDENCE

    INDEPENDENCE
    Declaration of Independence

  • Sihanouk HEAD STAE

    Sihanouk HEAD STAE

  • Sihanouk BREAKS WITH U.S.A.

    Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia in pursuance of their campaign against the US-backed government in South Vietnam.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

  • US bomb Cambodia

    US bomb Cambodia

  • Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk

    Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk
    Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup. He proclaims the Khmer Republic and sends the army to fight the North Vietnamese in Cambodia. Sihanouk - in exile in China - forms a guerrilla movement. Over next few years the Cambodian army loses territory against the North Vietnamese and communist Khmer Rouge guerrillas

  • Khmer Rouge Year Zero

    Khmer Rouge Year Zero

  • POL POT PM

    POL POT PM
    The country is re-named Democratic Kampuchea. Sihanouk resigns, Khieu Samphan becomes head of state, Pol Pot is prime minister.

  • Vietnamese take Phnom Penh

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

  • Famine

    Famine

  • Hun Sen becomes prime minister.

    Hun Sen becomes prime minister.
    Hun Sen becomes prime minister. Cambodia is plagued by guerrilla warfare. Hundreds of thousands become refugees.

  • PEACE ACCORD

  • Norodom Sihanouk king.

    Norodom Sihanouk king.
    Prince Norodom Sihanouk becomes king.

  • POL POT DIES

    POL POT DIES
    Pol Pot dies in his jungle hideout.

  • King Sihanouk abdicates

    King Sihanouk abdicates and is succeeded by his son Norodom Sihamoni.

  • Khmer Rouge trials

    Khmer Rouge trials

  • KAMCHAY DAM

    Kamchay Dam, was completed in late 2011.

  • REAL ESTATE CORRUPTION

    REAL ESTATE CORRUPTION
    More than 4,000 families were evicted from the area around the lake, which has since been filled with sand. There was no prior consultation, and the World Bank responded by suspending all loans to Cambodia in August 2011.

  • BROTHER #2 ON TRIAL

    Three most senior surviving Khmer Rouge members, including leader Pol Pot's right-hand man, "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, go on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

  • RECONCILIATION

  • 2012 SIHANOUK DIES

    2012 SIHANOUK DIES
    Norodom Sihanouk, dies of a heart attack. He was 89.