Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kambodiya ta ci gaba a matsayin mai kare Faransa daga 1867 zuwa 1953, ana gudanar da ita a matsayin wani ɓangare na mulkin mallaka na Indochina na Faransa, kodayake daular Japan ta mamaye ta
daga 1941 zuwa 1945. kuma a takaice ya wanzu a matsayin masarautar masarautar Kampuchea a tsakiyar 1945. Tsakanin shekara ta 1874 zuwa 1962, yawan mutanen ƙasar ya ƙaru daga wajen 946,000 zuwa miliyan 5.7. Bayan mutuwar Sarki Norodom a shekara ta 1904, Faransa ta yi amfani da zaɓin sarki, kuma an sanya Sisowath, ɗan'uwan Norodom, a kan kursiyin. Kursiyin ya zama fanko a 1941 tare da mutuwar Monivong, ɗan Sisowath, kuma Faransa ta wuce ɗan Monivong, Monireth, yana jin cewa yana da tunani mai zaman kansa. Maimakon haka, Norodom Sihanouk, jikan mahaifiyar Sarki Sisowath ya hau gadon sarauta. Faransanci ya yi tunanin matashin Sihanouk zai kasance mai sauƙin sarrafawa. Sun yi kuskure, duk da haka, kuma a karkashin mulkin Sarki Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia ta sami 'yancin kai daga Faransa a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1953.