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Cambodia had been a protectorate since before WWII and now renounced their protection.
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King Norodom Sihanouk abdicates to become a politician. His father Norodom Suramarit becomes king.
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There was a Vietnamese guerilla force in Cambodia.
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While Prime Minister Norodom Sihanouk is away in Moscow, U.S.-backed Premier Lon Nol abolishes monarchy and declares himself Prime Minister.
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Over the next 4 years the Khmer Rouge, lead by Pol Pot, take over almost all of the country. Only Phnom Penh is left under the control of Lon Nol.
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They execute a large number of Cambodians that were part of Lon Nol's Regime. More than 2 million inhabitants of Phnom Penh are forced out of the city work in labour camps.
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Roughly 1.7 million are brutally murdered. They were killed for different reasons. If they were educated they were killed if they weren't the children of peasants or of chinese or vietnamese origin. Merchants were murdered. They were not shot they were beaten to save ammunition. This was all done in the name of creating a perfect agrarian country.
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The Vietnamese begin their invasion of Cambodia after increasingly daring raids on the Khmer Rouge.
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Vietnamese troops occupy Phnom Penh and force the Pol Pot back to the Thai border.
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The 3 Cambodian Resistance groups, the Khmer Rouge, the FUNCINPEC, and the People's National Liberation Front, form a coalition to expel Vietnam's invasion force.
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The Vietnam troops return to Vietnam while the three Cambodian groups negotiate peace.
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The United Nations established a government comprising members of the 3 resistance groups.
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Pol Pot was kicked out.
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Pol Pot died of a heart attack at the age 73.
