Cambodia's Flags 🇰🇭
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2024
- Cambodia was colonized by the French and put in the Union of Indochina as a French protectorate there was this flag with the Royal Palace. When the country was occupied by Japan during WW2 they used this flag: red with a white map of the Angkor Wat. After the country's independence in 1953 the Kingdom of Cambodia had this flag with the Angkor Wat on it. In 1970 military leaders led by Lon Nol overthrew the government and adopted this flag. In 1975 communist forces - known as the Khmer Rouge - led by Pol Pot seized power and installed their murderous regime in a state that was officially known as: Democratic Kampuchea. When Vietnamese forces drove away the Khmer Rouge in '79 they put in place a puppet state: People's Republic of Kampuchea. Then there was the State of Cambodia and in 1992 the UN took over as a Transitional Authority in Cambodia. From 1993 the flag of the former kingdom became the country's official flag again. Yet, Cambodia was no longer a kingdom.
The first flag of the royal palace look so much cooler than the current one lol
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Interesting that even the communists used the Buddhist temple of Angkor War on their flags.
True, strange indeed.
Angkor wat is originally built to be dedicated to Hindu god and later converted to Buddhism
So nice to see you took my constructive criticism on last flag video and ran with it. I'd say you did such a good job. Near perfect flag showing times for a short 👌
Please keep up the good work of spreading history to the masses.
Thanks for your reply.
Cambodia is a kingdom nowadays. It was restored in the 90s.
Where is the king?
@@HistoryHustle I'll do it. I'll be the King
Go for it!
The present King is Nordom Sihomoni
He came to the throne in 2004.
Interestingly he is the only reigning monarch in the world who apart from his native Khmer is also fluent in Czech!