Kingdom of Cambodia

State · 1956–2026 CE · at its largest around 1956 CE

The Cambodian monarchy, independent from France since 1953, dominated in its early decades by Norodom Sihanouk. The kingdom was overthrown in 1970 but restored in 1993 after decades of war and the Khmer Rouge period.

On its lands while it lasted

• Saigon (1862–1976 CE): Capital of French Indochina (1887–1954).
• Pol Pot (1925 CE – 1998 CE): Leader of the Khmer Rouge and of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979, whose regime was responsible for the Cambodian genocide.
• Tet Offensive (1968 CE): Coordinated attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces on cities across South Vietnam beginning on 30 January 1968; a military defeat for the attackers but a turning point in US opinion.
• Cambodian genocide (1975–1979 CE): Under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians died from execution, forced labour and starvation.
• Fall of Saigon (1975 CE): North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon on 30 April 1975, ending the Vietnam War; the city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.

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