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they got their independence from France
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the king abdicated in favor of his father.
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cambodia severed ties with the South Vietnam
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they fought to the death and the date was 1/17/1968 and it ended 4/17/1975
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general overthrew the king because he established a republic.
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General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. Start of the Cambodian Civil War and the US Cambodian Campaign.
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The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of Kingdom of Cambodia.
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Sihanouk exiled and establishment of Democratic Kampuchea under total Khmer Rouge control.
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they broke the relations with socialist republic of Vietnam
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who install a new regime. Civil war begins, pitting the Khmer Rouge, nationalists and royalists against each other.
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Hun Sen is a former Khmer Rouge cadre who defected, is appointed as prime minister of Cambodia's Vietnam-installed government.
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The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia.
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Vietnam says it has withdrawn from Cambodia.
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Cambodia is placed under UN supervision until elections are held. UN peacekeepers begin operations almost five months later.
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the first democratic elections are held, sponsored by the UN.
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Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them.
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A new constitution was ratified under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne.
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Prince Norodom Ranariddh of the royalist Funcinpec party becomes first prime minister and Hun Sen of the Cambodian People's Party is named second prime minister.
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The Khmer Rouge is outlawed.
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Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary defects to the Cambodian government, bringing thousands of followers with him.
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the death of pol pot