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Cambodia comes under the French Rule
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Cambodia is occupied by Japan during WWII
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Cambodia declares independence from France
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Khmer Rouge occupy Phnom Penh
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Cambodia is renamed to Kampuchea
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Fighting breaks out with Vietnam
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Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia
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Vietnamese take over Phnom Penh
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Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge forces flee to the borders with Thailand
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Vietnamese troops withdraw and the country is re-named the State of Cambodia
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The Khmer Rouge put Pol Pot on trial and sentence him to life imprisonment1998 Pol Pot dies.