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Independence of Kampuchea

Kampuchea · Politics / Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1950–1954Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1950

Pol Pot1950

Politics / Communist Party

After the Soviet Union recognized the Viet Minh as the Government of Vietnam in 1950, French Communists (PCF) took up the cause of Vietnams independence

1954

Pol Pot1954

Politics / Communist Party

After Kampuchean independence following the 1954 Geneva Conference, right and left wing parties struggled against each other for power in the new Government

Names involved

Pol Pot

Provenance

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