Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe eze Monivong nwụrụ n'ụbọchị 23 Eprel 1941 Gọvanọ-General nke French Indochina, Jean Decoux, họpụtara Sihanouk ka ọ nọchie ya. A họpụtara Sihanouk dị ka eze na-esote ụbọchị site n'aka kansụl okpueze nke Cambodia, emume nke okpueze ya mere na 3 Mee 1941. N'oge ndị Japan na-achị Cambodia
, o wepụtara oge ya niile n'egwuregwu, ihe nkiri, na njem oge ụfọdụ n'ime ime obodo. Na March 1945, ndị agha Japan, bụ́ ndị weghaara Cambodia kemgbe August 1941, chụpụrụ ndị ọchịchị France na-achị ebe ahụ. N'ihi nrụgide ndị Japan, Sihanouk kwupụtara nnwere onwe Cambodia ma were ọnọdụ nke praịm minista ma na-eje ozi dị ka eze n'otu oge ahụ.