Khmer 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 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;...
The 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 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...
