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On April 17, Khmer Rouge (Cambodian Communist) forces overran Phnom Penh, ending more than five years of conflict with the regime of Lon Nol, who had overthrown Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970. A change in tactics by the Khmer Rouge, to emphasize the severing of all means of land and water...
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