Cambodian Civil War facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cambodian Civil War |
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The Cambodian Civil War was a five-year-old war that lasted from 1970 to 1975 and took place in Cambodia. The Khmer Republic was friendly with South Vietnam and the United States and they were fighting against the Khmer Rouge who were friendly with North Vietnam and the Vietcong. After the war ended in 1975 the Khmer Rouge won the war.
Images for kids
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Meeting in Beijing: Mao Zedong (left), Prince Sihanouk (center), and Liu Shaoqi (right)
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Areas under government control, August 1970
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A memorial to the civil war in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with a rusted wreck of a Soviet-built T-54 main battle tank used during the war. Large numbers of T-54s were used by Cambodia during and after the bloody fighting of the conflict between 1970 and 1975, with many such wrecks (in various states of abandonment and disrepair) scattered all over the country today.
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia visiting Communist Romania in 1972.
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The final offensive against Phnom Penh in April 1975
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Saukham Khoy, successor to Lon Nol as President of the Khmer Republic arrives on board the USS Okinawa on 12 April 1975 after being evacuated from Phnom Penh.
See also
In Spanish: Guerra civil camboyana para niños
