Cambodia’s history may not be as pleasant as you think‚ since there was a time of when the Khmer Rouge were ruling the country of who’s leader was Pol Pot. It was in 1975 when Pol Pot had gain power and was the time many surviving Cambodians would probably most likely want to forget‚ But that is all what the Khmer Rouge wanted for you to do. Forget the past‚ forget your beliefs‚ forget what money is‚ forget basic rights and forget about the country’s name since. Once Pol Pot had token
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The Khmer Rouge‚ a horrifying experience for the people who were there during those times. Some people were lucky to escape into Thailand but‚ the people who were not lucky were in hell. Pol Pot‚ the leader of the Khmer Rouge over threw the king of Cambodia and stated that “1975 was year zero for his country‚ resetting the culture of Cambodian people and wiping away old traditions and history so that revolutionaries could rebuild the nation.” “Banks‚ churches‚ schools‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ television
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Khmer Rouge Genocide The genocide that occurred by the political party group named Khmer Rouge‚ that was led by Pol Pot to nationalize and centralize the peasant farming society of Cambodia in a short time. The genocide occurred after the seizure of power from the government of Lon Nol in 1975. The Khmer Rouge’s believed that many Cambodians had been exposed to outside ideas‚ particularly by the capitalist west. The Khmer Rouge’s captured the educated — such as doctors‚ lawyers‚ and other religious
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Under the Khmer Rouge regime‚ the country perished socially. The lives of everyone present in Cambodia at this time were drastically changed. Over a million people were forced to relocate out of Phenom Penh and were placed in labor camps located far from their original homes. Likewise‚ millions of people were murdered to give rise to Pol Pot’s standard for the nationalization of the country. Prominent figures that gained massive followings were considered a threat to the society Pol Pot was attempting
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By April 17‚ 1975‚ a communist group known as the Khmer Rouge‚ led by Pol Pot‚ finally overcame Khmer Republic forces and entered Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh‚ and renaming the country Democratic Kampuchea; in which an estimated one and a half to three million people died. The Khmer Rouge had planned to create a form of agrarian socialism‚ which was founded on the ideals of Stalinism and Maoism. The Khmer Rouge’s polices ( of forced relocation of the population from urban centers
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Power and Control: The Khmer Rouge There are many genocides that people are not aware of. One of them is the attempted genocide carried out by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge was able to gain power and remain in control of Cambodia for years without interference because they isolated the country from any foreign influence. Other countries had no idea what was happening inside Cambodia until years later. The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot‚ wanted to create their own ideal communist
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“KHMER ROUGE” were the followers of the communist party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as a result of the Vietnam People’s Army from North Vietnam. The Khmer Rouge was expanding more and more and at one point of time it controlled the entire country. USA began training the troops in South Vietnam. The general to Prince Norodom Silhanouk‚ Nixon‚ started bombing B-52 at South Vietnam. Seeing the Lon Nol‚ American general ended monarchy and established Khmer Republic in Cambodia. But
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Genocide‚ or the mass killing of a nationality or ethnic‚ is a common and relatively frequent event in the history of mankind. Pol Pot‚ born Saloth Sar‚ was a leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia‚ and was responsible for the Cambodian Genocide. He came to power in a state of unrest and‚ much like Adolf Hitler‚ won the support of his people with his radical new proposals and ideas. He proposed an idea to implement an agrarian utopia‚ which was inspired by the Maoist principles he had seen in China
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Zedong. The Khmer Rouge was a communist organization under the leadership of Pol Pot which took control of Cambodia by force. Although the Cultural Revolution was a movement launched by Mao Zedong and the Khmer Rouge was a regime led by Pol Pot‚ the two revolutions have similar origins‚ objectives‚ and outcomes. _____‚ the Cultural Revolution and the Khmer Rouge have different origination. The Cultural Revolution was a movement launched by Communist leader Mao Zedong. _____‚ the Khmer Rouge was a communist
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effects. The Cambodian Genocide was lit up by a man named Saloth Sar‚ better known as Pol Pot. He was a Cambodian Revolutionary as well as the man who created a communist group known greatly as The Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot and Hitler are similar in this way because Hitler also created a political power party known as the Nazis. Both of these leaders were important dictators who created murderous groups. Additionally‚ this wasn’t the only similarity between the two because Pol Pot and hitler both promised
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