The Khmer National Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Nationales Khmères), often abbreviated to FANK, were the official armed defense forces of the Khmer Republic, a short-lived state that existed from 1970 to 1975, known today as Cambodia. The FANK was the successor of FARK (French: Forces Armées Royales Khmères) which had been responsible for the defense of the previous Kingdom of Cambodia since its independence in 1954 from France.
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