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The Genocide In Cambodia

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Cambodian Genocide

The history of Cambodia is something quite remarkable. This country has somehow seemed to prevail through their most difficult time ever, the Cambodian Genocide. Before the Genocide actually happened, Cambodia was in another country's war. Cambodia is settled right next to Vietnam, which had also fought against the French to gain independence.
Prince Sihanouk helped to keep Cambodia at a neutral state during the Vietnamese Civil war by allowing both sides to keep doing things; Vietnamese communists were able to use a Cambodian port to ship in necessities, the USA was allowed to bomb Viet Cong hideouts in Cambodia. When the US decided to move back, Lon Nol took control. US troops then made the decision to

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