📅 17 April 1975
The Khmer Rouge captured the capital after years of civil war and U.S. bombing. Cambodian people faced forced evacuation and a radical regime; Soviet policy and support for other Cambodian factions...
📅 15 Augustus 1973
The cutoff took effect after Congress barred further U.S. bombing in Cambodia. Records distinguish the legal effective date from references to the last operational activity on August 15 or 16. The...
📅 25 December 1978
Vietnamese forces entered Cambodia after years of border violence and Khmer Rouge attacks. The intervention overthrew the Democratic Kampuchea government in January 1979, ending its genocidal rule,...
📅 16 Augustus 1973
Congressional restrictions brought U.S. bombing in Cambodia to a halt. The bombing had expanded a war rooted in Vietnam into a neighboring country and inflicted major civilian and infrastructural...
📅 25 December 1978
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;...
📅 7 Januari 1979
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...
📅 16 Oktober 1991
Security Council Resolution 717 established UNAMIC to assist with mine awareness and prepare for the larger peacekeeping operation. The mission followed years of war and displacement and was an...
