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Louis Deleporte Exploration
The French School of the Far East began at the ancient city of Angkor. -
Seaside town
Seaside town of Kep was found during the French colonial. -
French
French established the National Museum of Cambodia of findngs from their explorations -
Norodom Sihanouk
2 time king 1941-1955 and 1993-2004 president and premier of Cmabodia was born -
Arrested
Andre Malraux was arrested while doing archeological. -
Muderer
dictator and mass muderer was born in Prek Sbauv -
World war II
The end of War world II Thailand was compelled to return to there territory -
Saloth Sar
Pol Pot of Cambodia went to Paris on government scholarship -
French
Viet Minh guerrillas had infiltrated Cambodia and opened an arms sumuggling corridor to Thailand -
Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia
Came independent states in French Union -
Independence
King Norodom Sihanouk gave Cambodia independence from France -
SEATO (southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
A sister organization to NATO created under the Manila Pact by Southeast Asia Collective Defence Treaty to stop communist from spreading in Southeast Asia -
King Norodom
King Sihanouk put his father on the throne and assumed the posititon of the prime minister. -
Laos government
The Laos government feld Cambodia as the capital city of Vientiane -
Court of Justice
The Int'l Court of Justice awarded the Preah Vihear temple located in Cambodia -
Cambodia
severed ties with South Vietnam -
Military
Cambodia was receiving military said from Chia -
UN
warned the UN of retaliation unless the U.S. and South Vietnam end intrusions -
American Troops
American Troops began the largest offensive of the war, near the Cambodia boarder -
Cambodia and United States
Cambodia charder that the United States and South Vietnam has crossed the boarder -
Viet Cong
Cambodia admitted that the Viet Cong used their country for bombing -
President Nixon
President Nixon ordered plans for secret bombing of Cambodia -
ordered
Cambodia ordered Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to get out of their country -
Forces
Communist forces shelled Phnom Penh -
"secret"
The "secret" bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.