Historical Organization
Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
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Organization Timeline
Khmer Rouge enters Phnom Penh and empties the city
📅 17 April 1975Khmer Rouge forces took the capital and ordered residents to leave, beginning a nationwide forced evacuation. The resulting displacement, labor regime, executions, and famine formed part of the...
Vietnamese forces launch a major offensive into Cambodia
📅 25 December 1978Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia amid escalating border attacks by the Khmer Rouge. The intervention ended Khmer Rouge rule in Phnom Penh but became a long occupation and a new conflict;...
Vietnamese-backed forces take Phnom Penh and end Khmer Rouge rule
📅 7 January 1979The Cambodian capital fell to forces supported by Vietnam, ending the Democratic Kampuchea government. The intervention stopped the Khmer Rouge’s rule but began a decade of Vietnamese military...
Vietnamese forces take Phnom Penh
📅 7 January 1979Vietnamese forces and Cambodian allies entered Phnom Penh, ending Khmer Rouge control of the capital. The change halted the regime’s rule there, but war, displacement, famine, and international...