March+18,+1970+Sihanouk

Home 1955 U.S Pressure March 1969 Carpet Bombings Sihanouk April 30, 1970 Invasion January 27, 1973 Treaty August 1973 Bombings Ceased Born October 31, 1922. When his uncle, king Sisowath Monivong died on April 23, 1941 the crown council selected Sihanouk the king of Cambodia in 1941.In the early 1950s he demanded that the French leave the country. He went in to exile in Thailand in 1952 and refused to go back to Cambodia until it was independent. He returned in November 9, 1953 when Cambodia was granted full independence. Around May 1955 he became the prime minister. In 1970 he was overthrown and fled to beijing. In 1975 the khmer republic fell to the khmer rouge and Sihanouk became head of state again. Then a year later he was forced out of office and went into retirement. He teamed up with the khmer rouge to provide a united front against the vietnamese occupiers.

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