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Forming a goverment
On June 1st 1950 Sisawath Monipong formed a government a the prime minister, then after that Son Ngoc Minh proclaimed the independence of Cambodia on June 19th 1950 https://uca.edu/politicalscience -
Cambodia’s independence
In the year 1953 Cambodia finally won their independence from France. It officially ended eight decades of colonial control. And then after that the 22 year old king king Norodom Sihanouk returned to be the new leader of Cambodia. https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia -
Canadas military in Cambodia
In 1954 armed Canadian forces entered Cambodia o stabilize and rebuild their country. They also brought them there to stabilize them and start peacekeeping they did this all the way up until the year 2000. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts -
Mass political movment
In March 1955 Sihanouk wanted to honor his father by abdicating the throne, he did this to honor his dad being able to creat a mass political movment https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia/Independence -
Sihanouk’s fathers death
In 1960 prince Sihanouk's father passes away, after his father’s death he becomes leader in 1965. He ends up breaking off connection to the US and then allows north Vietnam to set up bases in Cambodia and lets them pursue their campaign. https://www.bbc.com/news -
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The Cambodian civil war
The Cambodian civil war began in 1967 and needed in 1975, this is a big part of history for Southeast Asia because it was very dramatic part of the Vietnam war and made one of the worst genocides in modern day history. https://study.com/academy/lesson/cambodian-civil-war-timeline -
The bombing campaign from the US
On march 18th of 1969 the Americans B-52’s began carpet bombing Easter Cambodia, their pursuits was called operation breakfast. This was the beginning of a four year course of bombing from the US. -
Sihanouk removed from office
Another events that happened in Cambodia was, when prince Sihanouk was visiting the Soviet Union the National Assembly voted to remove him from office as head of state. https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia/Civil-war -
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The US bombing
In 1970 the United States dropped a bomb on the country side of Cambodia. After this a lot of Cambodian politicians rose and wanted pro-west Lon Nol to be the leader of Cambodia. https://hmh.org/library/research -
The Vietnamese retreat
In 1972 the Vietnamese finally retreated or withdrew from Cambodia. They did this so that the could to the major responsibility for the war happening over in the CPK. https://cambodiatribunal.org/history/cambodian-history -
Renaming the country
I the year 1976 Khmer Rouge decided to rename the country the Democratic Kampuchea https://en.m.wikipedia.org -
Vietnam war in Cambodia
On December 1978 the Vietnam war crossed over the boarded of Cambodia.the Vietnamese had a desire to fight off any attacks, and defend certain land. And most importantly to remove Khmer Rouge, who was led by Pol Pot. https://study.com/learn/lesson/vietnam-cambodia-war-causes -
The Vietnam invasion
On December 25th 1978 the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and they went straight to the democratic Kampuchea, and when they got there they overran it with their revolutionary army. And within two weeks they ended Pol Pots government. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian -
The rush to the boarder with Thailand
In 1979 and 1980 Khmer Rouge and the other groups fought the guerrilla war against the Vietnamese. And this caused thousands of people from Thailand and Cambodia to flee towards the boarder because this was a big threat to Cambodia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian -
New political party in Cambodia
In 1996 a new political party was formed in Cambodia. It was named the Democratic national union movement. This party was formed by Leng scary who was granted amnesty for his role. https://online.ucpress.edu/ -
20 government officials suspended
In the year 2000 the Cambodian government included a continuation of measures that were original designed to end illegal logging which needed up leading to 20 government
officials getting suspended https://library.fes.de/libalt/journals -
General elections
On July 27th 2003 Cambodia held their general elections, this was to elect their members of National Assembly. And the elections were soon won the the Cambodian people’s party. https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects -
Criminal charges
On September 19th 2007 the second in command of Khmer Rouges most surviving member was faced with war crimes and also crimes against humanity. Later in 2014 he was convicted and sent to prison with a life sentence. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific -
The Phnom Penh stampede
On November 22nd 2010 347 people were killed and another 755 people were injured at the water festival celebration at Diamond gate bridge https://library.fes.de/libalt/journals -
Two leaders from khmers army are sentenced
In august of 2014 Cambodia sentenced two of Khmer Rouges leaders to life in prison because of their role in terror they played in the 1970s https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pasific