Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Cambodia yakaramba iri nzvimbo yaichengetedzwa neFrance kubva muna 1867 kusvika muna 1953, ichitongwa sechikamu chekoloni yeFrench Indochina, kunyange zvazvo yaigara neumambo hweJapan
kubva muna 1941 kusvika muna 1945. uye kwenguva pfupi yaivapo senyika yechidhori yeHumambo hweKampuchea pakati pa1945. Pakati pa1874 na1962, chiverengero chavagari vemo chakawedzera kubva pavanenge 946 000 kusvika kumamiriyoni 5,7. Pashure porufu rwaMambo Norodom muna 1904, France yakachinja kusarudzwa kwamambo, uye Sisowath, munun'una waNorodom, akaiswa pachigaro choumambo. Chigaro choumambo chakava chisina munhu muna 1941 norufu rwaMonivong, mwanakomana waSisowath, uye France yakasiya mwanakomana waMonivong, Monireth, ichifunga kuti akanga akazvimiririra. Panzvimbo pezvo, Norodom Sihanouk, muzukuru waamai waMambo Sisowath akagadzwa pachigaro choumambo. VaFrance vakafunga kuti Sihanouk muduku aizova nyore kudzora. Zvisinei, vakanga vasina kururama, uye pasi pokutonga kwaMambo Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia yakawana rusununguko kubva kuFrance musi wa9 November 1953.