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This continues from PART ONE After the election victory of Sihanouk’s Sangkum in 1955, the new government soon facing suspicion from neighboring Thailand and South Vietnam. Both nations were fighting…
By 1956, the nationalist, long-term rebel and sometime politician Son Ngoc Thanh had seen the fragmentation of the Issarak movement he helped found in the 1940’s. Many of his former…
Son Ngoc Thanh (Vietnamese: Sơn Ngọc Thành, Khmer: សឺង ង៉ុកថាញ់) (December 7, 1908* – August 8, 1977) was a Cambodian nationalist and republican politician, with a long history as a…
The following is a list of some of the leading figures of the Khmer Issarak movement on the left and right from the 1940’s-1955. Many sources in French, English and…
This continues from PART ONE and PART TWO 1953 will be remembered as the year that Cambodia achieved independence after 90 years of French colonial rule. The year began with…
The following article follows from PART ONE. The piecing together of the rebel movements becomes a little complicated, as there were various name changes, so the glossary of terms used…
The Khmer Rouge is by far the most recognized militant organization in Cambodian history- and rightly so considering the group’s murderous regime which began in 1975. However, the Khmer Rouge…
On August 13, 1969, Lon Nol formed a government as prime minister which in March 1970 would vote to depose Prince Sihanouk. On August 13, 1978: Three foreign sailors (Briton…
By 1942, with much of the motherland under Nazi occupation and the rest under the collaborating Vichy government rule, the few French left in Indochina were isolated and cut off…
*Continuing from PART I and PART II After King Sihanouk took control of government for the 3rd time (June 16 1952 – January 24 1953), he rushed forward his plans for…
The term ‘Prime Minister’ is used loosely to refer to the parliamentary Head of State- as other terms are used in Cambodian political history. There are major gaps in some…
On July 19, 1958, Beijing and Phnom Penh established formal diplomatic relations. Cambodia recognized the legitimacy of the People’s Republic of China and rejected Taiwan’s claims of independent statehood. This…
The Buôn Ma Thuột Rebellion On September 20, 1964, American-trained Civil Irregular Defense Group (SID-GEE) troops based at Special Forces bases Buon Sar Pa and Bu Prang in Quang Duc province and…
This is Part 5 in a series looking at how the relationships between Cambodia -Vietnam-Thailand have shaped history. This latest piece roughly covers events from 1947-1970, both inside and outside…
This is part 4 of a history series exploring the relationship between Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. PART 1, PART 2, PART 3 The Winds of War By the 1930’s events…
During the 1940s, several loosely aligned armed “Issarak” resistance groups made up of communist and non-communist forces were fighting a rebellion against French colonial rule in Cambodia. One such group…
