Cambodian Civil War

Cambodian Civil War
	Part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
	File:Cambodia adm location map.svg; Map of Cambodia
Date	March 11, 1967 - April 17, 1975; (8 years, 1 month, and 6 days)
Location	Cambodia
Result	Khmer Rouge victory Overthrow of the Sihanouk government; Creation, then disestablishment of the Khmer Republic; Creation of Democratic Kampuchea; Start of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War; Start of the Cambodian genocide;
Belligerents
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Kingdom of Cambodia (1968 - 70)	23x15px Khmer Rouge
Commanders and leaders
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Norodom Sihanouk (1968-70)	23x15px Pol Pot

The Cambodian Civil War was a five-year war that lasted from 1970 to 1975 and took place in Cambodia. The Khmer Republic was allies with both South Vietnam and the United States and fought against the Khmer Rouge, who were allies with both North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. The war ended in 1975, with the Khmer Rouge coming out victorious.

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Cambodian Civil War Media

The second flag of the United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (Mặt trận Thống nhất Đấu tranh của các Sắc tộc bị Áp bức), used since 1968 to 1992.
Meeting in Beijing: Mao Zedong (left), Prince Sihanouk (center), and Liu Shaoqi (right)
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Map of military situation in Cambodia in August 1970
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Map of military situation in Cambodia in May 1971
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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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Map of military situation in Cambodia in December 1974
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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