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1945
Japan relinquishes its Indochinese territories 
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1945
Japan grants Cambodia independence Sihanouk asks for the return of the French
The Japanese hunt Vichy representatives of power by a coup de force and grant independence to the Cambodia with Sihanouk asking for the return of the French. In Honoi, Ho Chi Minh proclaims the independence of vietnam.
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Cambodia​

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1946
First Indochina war begins
The first war of Indochina broke out between the army of viet-minh of Ho Chi Min and the French.
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International​

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1946
First clashes of war between the French and Viet Minh
The first war of Indochina broke out between the army of viet-minh of Ho Chi Min and the French.

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1949
Sloth Sar (Pol Pot) studies in France returning as a communist
Sloth Sar (future Pol Pot) went to Paris to study there and stayed there until 1953. On his return to Cambodia, he became a communist.
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Cambodia​

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1951
Communist Party established in Cambodia
Creation of the Revolutionary Party of the Cambodian People from the Communist Party of Indochina.
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Cambodia​

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1951
Revolutionary Party of Cambodia established
Creation of the Revolutionary Party of the Cambodian People from the Communist Party of Indochina.
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1953
France grants limited independence to Cambodia
Sihanouk obtained from France a limited independence.
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Cambodia​

1953​

1953 - Cambodia wins its independence from France. Under King Sihanouk, it becomes the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Cambodia

1954
French are defeated at Dien Bien Phu
The Ho Chi Minh army beat the French at Dien Bien Phu. Conference to resolve the Korean and Indo-Chinese conflicts. Sihanouk gets to exercise total power over an independent Cambodia. The Cambodian communist leader Son Ngoc Thanh and about half of the communist Khmer movement are exiled to North Vietnam.
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North Vietnam​