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Genocide is the systematic, organized attempt to destroy an entire group of people.

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The French sign a treaty with Cambodia to protect their interests in south Vietnam and so Cambodia would be protected by the French when the Vietnamese tried to invade the eastern border.

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Cambodian communists ally with Vietnamese to protest French Colonialism.

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The French withdraw from Cambodia after almost a century of the French colonizing it.

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Pol Pot becomes the new official leader of the Cambodian Communist Party after the original leader disappears. Pol Pot forms the Khmer Rouge, an armed resistance movement. They wage a guerrilla war on the leader of Cambodia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk. To stop the spread of Communism, communist bases in the eastern border are bombed by the U.S, who provided Cambodia with other economic aid.

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The Khmer Rouge becomes an official party. The Khmer Rouge is a communist party made because of the struggle against the French colonization. The Khmer Rouge was influenced by the Vietnamese and their movements were driven by the first Indochina war.

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Prince Norodom Sihanouk is overthrown in power by his prime minister, Lon Nol, and a U.S.-backed right-wing military coup. Cambodia was also invaded by the U.S to rid of the North Vietnamese from their border encampments, but the North Vietnamese were driven further into Cambodia where they joined forces with the Khmer Rouge.

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In 7 months, the U.S drops 250,00 tonnes of bombs in eastern Cambodia to eliminate North Vietnamese sanctuaries, but kill between 50,000 to 150,000 Cambodian civilians in the process. Due to the bombings, hundreds of thousands civilians fled the countryside and into the city of Phnom Penh. The bombing's destruction is used as recruitment propaganda by Pol Pot's forces and also as an excuse for the insurgent zone's discontinuation of moderate socialist policies.

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The Cambodian Genocide began on August 17th, 1975. The Khmer Rouge takes over the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, where 2 million citizens are evacuated at gunpoint into the countryside. All other cities were evacuated as well. Citizens were led into the countryside where they would later be forced into labor camps and jails. The citizens would be starved and forced to work 18 hours. The Khmer Rouge was able to gain complete control over Cambodia.

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Cambodia is now called Democratic Kampuchea and as Pol Pot begins building his new republic, he declares it "Year Zero." Pol Pot is also announced as prime minister.

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Cambodia sends military attacks across all of its borders, killing civilians in it's bordering countries, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The Khmer Rouge conducts purges across Cambodia in an attempt to kill all recalcitrants, moderates, and opposing communists.

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Vietnam tries to negotiate with Cambodia over the border war, but Cambodia declines. In the eastern zone of Cambodia, there is an uprising over massive purges and in opposition of the Khmer Rouge. The rebels are defeated, but they quickly regroup across the Vietnamese border where they call for help of the Vietnamese capital.

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The Cambodian Genocide ends. The Khmer Rouge is overthrown and defeated by the Vietnamese. Pol Pot and the remaining soldiers of the Khmer Rogue retreat to the jungles of Thailand. Heng Samrin is announced president of Cambodia.

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Cambodian government asks the U.N for help in prosecuting any senior members of the Khmer Rouge.

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Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, is arrested, but later dies because of a heart attack.

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A UN-backed tribunal is established to prosecute anyone who committed crimes under the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979, which results in the ECCC.