Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 9 March 1945, mukati mokubatwa kweCambodia neJapan
, mambo wechiduku Norodom Sihanouk akazivisa umambo hwakazvimirira hweKampuchea, zvichitevera chikumbiro chepamutemo chechiJapan. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho hurumende yeJapan yakatsigira kuzvimiririra kweCambodia uye yakatanga dzimbahwe muPhnom Penh. Hurumende itsva iyi yakabvisa mutauro wechiKhmer wainge watanga kudzorwa nehurumende yeFrance uye yakadzorera manyorero echiKhmer. Ichi chiito chakatorwa nechiremera chehurumende chenguva pfupi chaizova chakakurumbira uye chinogara kwenguva refu, nokuti kubvira ipapo hapana hurumende muCambodia yakaedzazve kuita kuti mutauro wechiKhmer uve wechiRoma.