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Cambodian communists join forces with Vietnamese against French colonialism
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Kingdom of Cambodia, under Prince Norodom Sihanouk, foreign policy and neutral in the Vietnam War.
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Vietnamese communist seek sanctuary in Cambodia. Sihanouk breaks relations with USA, continuing on domestic communists
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Pol Pot group of Cambodian communists launch an insurgency against Sihanouk in northwest Cambodia.
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bombardment of Vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia begins.
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Democratic Kampuchea (DK)
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Vietnamese troops invade and overthrow Pol Pot regime.
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Paris Agreement on Cambodia signed on 23 October by the four Cambodian factions and eighteen Foreign Ministers of interested countries.
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Khmer Rouge movement outlawed by Cambodia’s National Assembly.
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Khmer Rouge forces split, with Ieng Sary defecting to the government in return for a charge.
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Pol Pot executes Son Sen and is in turn placed in house arrest by Mok, Nuon Chea, and Khieu Samphan.
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Mok is captured by Cambodian army and sent before a military tribunal. Former DK prison commandant Kang Khek Ieu is also arrested.