The “Smiling Army” That Broke a Nation: Remembering Cambodia’s Year Zero
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Phnom Penh Cmbidia, on April 17, 1975, the gates of Phnom Penh swung open to a “smiling army.” After years of civil strife and the encroaching shadow of the Vietnam War, Cambodians cheered in the streets. They thought the nightmare of war was over.
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