<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> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Cambodian Civil War </Th> </Tr>

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