1970 Duc Duc massacre Scott Walker- South Vietnam Duc Duc
1970 Da Nang massacre Scott Walker- South Vietnam Da Nang
1970 Lon Nol overthroughs Sihanouk establishes Khmer Republic March 18: Sihanouk is overthrown by Defense Minister Lon Nol, Sirik Matak and Cheng Heng. March 23: Sihanouk announces the unitary national front of Kampuchea (F.U.N.K), which includes the Khmer Rouge. Cambodia
1970
1970
1970 - Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup. He proclaims the Khmer Republic and sends the army to fight the North Vietnamese in Cambodia. Sihanouk - in exile in China - forms a guerrilla movement. Over next few years the Cambodian army loses territory against the North Vietnamese and communist Khmer Rouge guerrillas Cambodia
1971 Battle of Chenda II The North Vietnamese army continues to fight the forces of Lon Nol while the Khmer Rouge forge their army. In December, Phnom Penh forces launched Operation Chenla II and were beaten by the North Vietnamese. Scott Walker- Cambodia
1971 Khmer Rouge strengthen The North Vietnamese army continues to fight the forces of Lon Nol while the Khmer Rouge forge their army. In December, Phnom Penh forces launched Operation Chenla II and were beaten by the North Vietnamese.
Cambodia
1971
1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Scott Walker- International
1972 Biological Weapons Convention
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1972 Lon Nol elected president of new Khmer Republic Lon Nol was elected president of the Khmer Republic. Scott Walker- Cambodia
1972 Lon Nol becomes president First national election of the Khmer Republic. Lon Nol was elected president of the Khmer Republic.
Cambodia
1973 Paris Pease Accords of 1973 signed January 27: signing the majority of the fighting in Cambodia while the Communists Vietnamese are replicated in the frontier zones. The United States is re-bombing Cambodia again. The Khmer Rouge ordered the creation of cooperatives in all their zones . The American congress imposes the cessation of the bombardments on 15th of August.
International
1974 John Gunter Dean Became United States Ambassador to Cambodia Scott Walker- Cambodia
1974 Khmer Republic looses ground to the Khmer Rouge in the country side Last year of the Cambodian full war. The Khmer Rouge took control of the insurgency movement by eliminating the returning communists from North Vietnam, members of the Vietnamese minority and the Sihanoukists. Scott Walker- Cambodia
1974 Khmer Rouge flexing muscle Last year of the Cambodian full war. The Khmer Rouge took control of the insurgency movement by eliminating the returning communists from North Vietnam, members of the Vietnamese minority and the Sihanoukists. Cambodia