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Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
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Cambodian Civil War
1967–1975 conflict in Cambodia
The Cambodian Civil War was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the Communist Party of Kampuchea against the government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and, after October 1970, the Khmer Republic, which had succeeded the kingdom after a coup. The conflict was part of the Second…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Khmer Rouge
Members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
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Cambodia
Country in Southeast Asia
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