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History of Cambodia

By dataylor

  • Cambodia comes under the French Rule

  • Cambodia is occupied by Japan during WWII

  • Cambodia declares independence from France

  • Khmer Rouge occupy Phnom Penh

  • Cambodia is renamed to Kampuchea

  • Fighting breaks out with Vietnam

  • Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia

  • Vietnamese take over Phnom Penh

  • Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge forces flee to the borders with Thailand

  • Vietnamese troops withdraw and the country is re-named the State of Cambodia

  • The Khmer Rouge put Pol Pot on trial and sentence him to life imprisonment1998 Pol Pot dies.

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