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cambodia was occupied by japan in WW2. Japan's loss of the war led to them having no choice but to leave the country.
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Cambodia officially gains independance from France
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during this time there were many bombings of cambodia and fights within cambodias borders as there were many vietnamese hiding in cambodia.
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Tortures and executions all across the country. The social categories in focus are intellectuals, teachers, doctors, former military police members, lawyers, and anybody else opposing the regime. This is the year with the most casualties.
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The beginning of the Khmer Rouge regime and the country is renamed Democratic Kampuchea, to mark the beginning of a new era.
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with an Invasion from Vietnam the Khmer Rouge is finally defeated
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The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia.
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A United Nations peacekeeping force begins monitoring Cambodia.
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Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them.
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Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
