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pol pot created resistance party - Khmer Rouge
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leader pol pot oppossed Prince Sihanouk’s Buddhist-socialist regime with army made of pesants and as solidgers.
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lol nol became leader of army
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becomes presdian of cambodia
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in 1975 lon nol was forced to surender
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Lon Nol was forced to surrender as the Americans, who he relied on greatly, pulled out of Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge was then free to rule Cambodia and turned on their former enemies with swift and brutal action.
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Cambodia was invaded by the Vietnam army released the Khmer Rouge of their power, and clamied Cambodia. Following this, the United States helped the Khmer Rouge regain power.
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around the 1990s the vietnameese pull out of cambodia one of the reasons was that they had a lack of allies and their was a crisis back home
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it is decided that cambodia is watched by the united nations
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The civil war still continued until 1999. But the Khmer Rouge's leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, recognised Hun Sen's authority as the royalist leader and surrended.
