Saturday, April 17, 2010

Phnom Penh (Monivong Blvd) on 17 April 1975

Phnom Penh, 17 April 1975: A Khmer Rouge soldier poses for my camera in the early hours. (Photo source: unknown, Originally posted by Kenneth at Khmer's website forum)

Monivong Boulevard, 17 April 1975: In the early morning, as the last fighting rages in the Tuol Kok area, soldiers and civilians retreat towards the city center. (Photo source: unknown)

Monivong Boulevard, 17 April 1975: A family carrying all of its worldly possessions searches for a place to go as the Khmer Rouge order the population to evacuate the city. (Photo source: unknown)

Monivong, 17 April 1975: Moments later, at a street corner off Monivong, government soldiers surrender their arms under the watchful eyes of the victors. (Photo source: unknown)

Mid-morning, 17 April 1975: A column of Khmer Rouge regulars moves deeper into the city along the Monivong Boulevard in the vicinity of Chamcarmon. (Photo source: unknown)

Monivong Boulevard, 17 April 1975: Throughout the morning, a procession of sympathizers and guerrillas ride around on trucks and army personnel carriers commandeered by infiltrated Khmer Rouge. (Photo source: unknown)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

don't forget too that most khmer people will need interpretors to tell their story about what happened during the very first day, first week, first month, first year, etc of the KR took over. not all khmer can speak english, you know!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for share those picture to us for remind the past,1975s.
from Oeurn Sarath

Anonymous said...

1) Kampuchea Democratic vs. Khmer Republic
2) Khmer Republic overthrown
3) Killing Fields