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ended in 1979. Before In 1953 Cambodia gained independence after nearly a century of French rule. The country was ruled by a monarch, Prince Sihanouk. In 1970, Sihanouk was deposed in a coup while in a foreign country. General Lon Nol, gained power. He announced the plan of the Khmer Republic and sent the Army to fight the North Vietnamese in Cambodia. Sihanouk formed a small independent group with Cambodian Communists. The Khmer Rouge was lead by Pol Pot from 1962. During the early 1970s, the Cambodian

The Khmer Rouge carried out one of the most horrific genocides in the twentieth century. The nation of Cambodia was in a near-decade civil war between the Communist (Khmer Rouge) and the monarchy and then the Khmer Republic. The Khmer Rouge won the civil war and controlled all of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. During this time, they committed horrific crimes against their own people. This genocidal regime was one of the worst events in the later years of the 1900s, and it is not well talked about in

is one of the three worst genocides in the history of the world. It was one of the most atrocious acts, since 1945, ever done on its own people by Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot. When Cambodia won its independence from France, it was ruled by Prince Sihanouk. In February 1969, the United States was secretly bombing Cambodia. A year later, a small communist party called Khmer Rouge, started attacking cities, such as Phnom-Penh. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge started the genocide. The Genocide (a major killing

“Your life becomes so much better when you remove all the negative people from it” was the mentality of cambodian dictator, Pol Pot.The cambodian genocide killed more than a quarter of the country due to execution, mass killings, starvation, and torture.The cambodian genocide was one of the worst genocides in the 20th century due to the rise to power, number of fatalities and how they managed to hide it from the rest of the world. Who is Pol Pot? The Notorious Pol pot was born in educated in france

deposition of their Prince Sihanouk, which caused a violent civil war, and the revival of a communist group called the Khmer Rouge. In the recent years the communist group from the Vietnam War used Cambodia to run supplies through my country; the democratic party fighting in the Vietnam War found and destroyed these supply lines; unfortunately, the destruction of supply lines costed as many as 750,000 Cambodian lives. All of these factors have

Who is to decide whether or not a life should be taken? Should the decision lie in the hands of your "God", in the hands of the rich and powerful, or in the hands of a random stranger? Well, a man by the name of Pol Pot decided to take it upon himself to bring about the end of the lives of 2.3 million people. This mass killing was/is known as the Cambodian Genocide, which began in the year 1975, and continued for four years before ending in 1979. The Genocide was carried out by Pol Pot and those

The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) was their official name, Pol Pot later in 1963 he became the party’s secretary and leader. A coup was staged, and Prince Sihanouk was no longer the head of state, the Khmer Rouge had been gaining more members and had an alliance with Sihanouk. With this alliance and the help of Vietnam, Lon Nol began losing territory and battles. The U.S began dropping bombs in Cambodia killing many and having more join forces with the Khmer Rouge

counties involvement and downfall due to the Vietnam War, taking full power of the nation in 1975. Cambodia became involved in the Vietnam due to their neighbouring vicinity to the country, as well its ruler of the time, Prince Sihanouk and his contradictory actions. Sihanouk was eventually overthrown, as his support of both opposing forces; America (non-communist) and the Viet Cong (communist) created much conflict. Lon Nol took over, allying with the USA.

There have been many cases of mass genocide in history. One such case was Adolf Hitler was a dictator who was leader of the Nazi party in Germany. The Nazis committed a mass genocide of the Jewish people, and anyone else who they didn't see to be “perfect”. Hitler's goal was to reform Germany into a utopian, or perfect society. Similar is a Cambodian man called Pol Pot, who also committed a mass genocide in order to make the perfect society. He lead the communist group in Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge

Did you know that one and a half to three million people died in the genocide by the Khmer Rouge which was led by Pol pot? The Khmer Rouge was a organization that took over the country of Cambodia and forced their people to live in villages, that were controlled by them. The Khmer Rouge had beliefs that modern day items such as technology, jobs, and other necessities were a negative stimulus to a person's life. In the memoir, First they killed my father a young girl named Loung Ung tells her story