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Coup

Kampuchea · Politics / Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1970–1975Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1970

Mol Lon18 March 1970

Phnom Penh · Politics / Communist Party

Sihanouk is held responsible for the North Vietnamese taking refuge in Kampuchea. A Coup overthrows Prince Sihanouk while the Prince is out of the country

1975

Mol Lon17 April 1975

Phnom Penh · Politics / Communist Party

The communist forces of the Khmer Rouge overthrow the Lon Government after a civil war

Pol Pot1975

Phnom Penh · Politics / Communist Party

Successfully leads a coup in Kampuchea

Names involved

Mol LonPol Pot

Provenance

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