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Khmer revolt against Vietnamese rule
https://www.cambodiatribunal.org/history/cambodian-history/khmer-rouge-history/
the Khmer Rouge had taken control of Cambodia on April 17 1975 -
Japanese occupation of Cambodia
https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia/World-War-II-and-its-aftermath
The Japanese occupation of Cambodia was the period of Cambodian history during World War II when the Kingdom of Cambodia was occupied by the Japanese -
Independence of Cambodia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
Cambodia wins their independence from France. While democrats and communists that are simular to Sihanouk’s they had reconized that they had a part of gaining Cambodias independence. -
King Sihanouk abdicated
https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/cambodia/khtimeln.htm
King Sihanouk abdicated throne and became prime minister, his father, and Norodom Suramarit had become kings -
Relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia deteriorate
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/relations-between-south-vietnam-the-united-states-and-cambodia-deteriorate
Cambodia was under Prince Norodom Sihanouk had tried to maintain its neutrality in their growing conflict between Saigons and the Communists in Vietnam. -
The Bombings In Cambodia
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Bombing_of_Cambodia
President Richard Nixon authorized a secret bombing in Cambodia and that really escelated quickly. The bombing lasted until August 1973 and this all started on March 18th 1969 -
Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cambodia-falls-to-the-khmer-rouge
Khmer Rouge troops capture Phnom Penh and the governement forces surrendered. -
Why Did the US invade Cambodia
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/this-day-in-politics-april-28-1970-117377
South Vietnamese were being primed to assume more responsibility for the conduct of the war and U.S. forces were being withdrawn. -
A Genocide
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm
An attempt by Khmer Rouge leader of Pol Pot to form a communist peasent farming. there where 2,000,00 deaths, and they had been plotting this ever since 1925 -
Tortured!
https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/cambodia/khtimeln.htm
Middle-class citizens tortured and executed and while some others starved to death or died from disease the deaths total estimated over 1.7 million -
Pol Pot overthrown
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pol-pot-overthrown
On January 7, 1979, Vietnamese troops go to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, toppling the brutal regime of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge. -
Cambodia General Election
National Assembly elections won by pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party -
Hun Sen became prime minister
Hun Sen is a Cambodian politician and the Prime Minister of Cambodia, President of the Cambodian People's Party and Member of Parliament for Kandal. -
Vietnams Troops Withdraw
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
Hun Sen tries to attract foreign investment by abandoning socialism. The country is re-named the State of Cambodia. Buddhism is re-established as the state religion. -
The Indochina wars
https://www.britannica.com/event/Indochina-wars
the indochinda wars were a series of wars fought in Southeast Asia from 1946 until 1989, between communist Indochinese forces against mainly French, South Vietnamese, American, Cambodian, Laotian and Chinese forces. -
An Uneasy Peace
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828
a peace agreement was signed in Paris -
Sihanouk Again Becomes King and Picks Government
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/25/world/sihanouk-again-becomes-king-and-picks-government.html
Just a couple hours before Sihanouk pointed out to the country new leaders, the Khmer Rouge issued a statement protesting against giving Mr. Hun Sen so much power. -
Country renamed Kingdom of Cambodia
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/altered-atlas-macedonia-and-other-countries-that-changed-their-names/the-world-is-changing/slideshow/64658923.cms
Cambodia changed its name several times. Between 1953 and 1970, the country was renamed the Kingdom of Cambodia and then Khmer Republic till 1975. -
Brutal Regime
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/pol-pot
Millions of people that were living in Cambodia were killed during the brutal regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Their bodies were buried in mass graves that became known as the “killing fields.” The phrase later became the title of a movie about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era, The Killing Fields. -
Death of Pol Pot
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/pol-pot
Throughout the 1980s, the Khmer Rouge received arms from China. But the Khmer Rouge’s influence began to decrease following the 1991 ceasefire agreement and then movement completely collapsed by the end of the decade