<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Cambodian Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Vietnam War , the Indochina Wars , and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> US tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 17 January 1968 -- 17 April 1975 ( 5 years and 3 months ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Cambodia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Khmer Rouge victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia </Li> <Li> Creation , then collapse , of the Khmer Republic </Li> <Li> Establishment of Democratic Kampuchea </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Cambodian genocide </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kingdom of Cambodia ( 1967 -- 1970 ) Khmer Republic ( 1970 -- 1975 ) United States South Vietnam </P> <P> Other Support </P> <Ul> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Japan </Li> <Li> Malaysia </Li> <Li> Singapore </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Royal United National Government of Kampuchea ∟ National United Front of Kampuchea ∟ Khmer Rouge ∟ Khmer Rumdo North Vietnam Việt Cộng </P> <P> Other Support </P> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lon Nol Sisowath Sirik Matak Long Boret Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> Pol Pot Khieu Samphan Ieng Sary Nuon Chea Son Sen Norodom Sihanouk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30,000 ( 1968 ) 35,000 ( 1970 ) 100,000 ( 1972 ) 200,000 ( 1973 ) 50,000 ( 1974 ) </Td> <Td> 4,000 ( 1970 ) 70,000 ( 1972 ) 40,000 -- 60,000 ( 1975 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 275,000 -- 310,000 killed </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Cambodian Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Vietnam War , the Indochina Wars , and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> US tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 17 January 1968 -- 17 April 1975 ( 5 years and 3 months ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Cambodia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Khmer Rouge victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia </Li> <Li> Creation , then collapse , of the Khmer Republic </Li> <Li> Establishment of Democratic Kampuchea </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Cambodian genocide </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Kingdom of Cambodia ( 1967 -- 1970 ) Khmer Republic ( 1970 -- 1975 ) United States South Vietnam </P> <P> Other Support </P> <Ul> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> France </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Thailand </Li> <Li> Japan </Li> <Li> Malaysia </Li> <Li> Singapore </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Royal United National Government of Kampuchea ∟ National United Front of Kampuchea ∟ Khmer Rouge ∟ Khmer Rumdo North Vietnam Việt Cộng </P> <P> Other Support </P> <Ul> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lon Nol Sisowath Sirik Matak Long Boret Richard Nixon </Td> <Td> Pol Pot Khieu Samphan Ieng Sary Nuon Chea Son Sen Norodom Sihanouk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30,000 ( 1968 ) 35,000 ( 1970 ) 100,000 ( 1972 ) 200,000 ( 1973 ) 50,000 ( 1974 ) </Td> <Td> 4,000 ( 1970 ) 70,000 ( 1972 ) 40,000 -- 60,000 ( 1975 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 275,000 -- 310,000 killed </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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