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The Pol Pot in Cambodia Genocide was a major genocide which occurred from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot’s army was named Khmer Rouge. This army consisted of teenage guerilla fighters, refraining guerilla’s s because they fought guerilla style. The goal of Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge was to turn the country of Cambodia into a communist country. People were moved from their cities and forced to go to labor camps. At these labor camps, the people were starved, tortured and killed. All eight stages of genocide…

was ethnically mixed, Chinese, Khmer, and comfortably middle-class.” Saloth Sar’s family had connections with the Cambodian royal family. When Saloth Sar was ten years old, his family sent him to 100 miles south to the capital city of Phnom Penh to attend the Ecole Miche, a French Catholic school. Sloth sar flunked out of college in 1953. “Upon his returned to Cambodia, he scouted out the various anti-government rebel groups for the PCF, and reported that the Khmer Viet Minh was the most…

Cambodian Genocide, retold her story about what she experienced during the Cambodian Genocide. She explained how the Khmer Rouge guards would treat the prisoners. The guards took the gall bladders of the deceased prisoners that the guards, themselves, most likely killed, and used them to drink wine (Campbell). Sokha explains the brutality of the Khmer Rouge and how she was treated during the Khmer Rouge. “Sokha also told the U.N. backed ECOC that he witnessed between twenty and one hundred…

The Khmer Rouge should be listed as one of the most horrific events in history. These sources portray the violent acts of this group. Each of these sources will allow me to incorporate the historical timeline of how the group formed and how much destruction was caused in Cambodia into the essay. Having this information will provide the audience a better understanding of the horrendous magnitude the country and its people went through. Chaumeau, Christine. "More Denial." Far Eastern Economic…

The Khmer Rouge was one of the main and important genocides that took place in history. According to the dictionary, a genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group of nation. The Khmer Rouge was a Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 when they started to struggle against the French colonization and was influenced by the Vietnamese. The Khmer Rouge genocide happened in the capital city of Phnom Penh. It was…

Adamczyk, Ed. "Khmer Rouge Leaders Guilty In Cambodian Genocide Trial." UPI Top News (2014): Points of View Reference Center. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Summary: Ed Adamczyk describes the prosecution of criminals convicted of crimes against humanity. The leaders, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, were leaders in the Khmer Rouge Regime. The two leaders that were still alive from the genocide were the ages of 83 and 88. These leaders killed 1.7 million people by forced labour, execution, and starvation. This…

problems of Cambodia after Vietnam war, Cambodia was controlled by Khmer Rouge, a communist group from 1975-1979. Many people have been killed because they against the government. As a result of the Khmer Rouge’s total control and the people’s fighting back. the Cambodian genocide became the most bloody genocide of human history. The Khmer Rouge was a brutal,murderous…

Cambodians out of a total population of 7 to 8 million died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork.’ (HIstory.com Staff, 2009). The period of the Khmer warfare is the most remarkable moment of Cambodia’s history. It is also the most catastrophic one. The cultural and civil background of the monarchy and republican eras was suppressed by the Khmer communist regime. During this period Cambodia’s expressive heritage nearly disappear, not only theoretically but part of the population, mostly…

there was an oppressive regime known as the Khmer Rouge. ‘Oppressive’ is not even a harsh enough word to describe the atrocities they committed. Over 25% of the population of Cambodia died in a four year span. The terror started…

During the Vietnam War, about 14 years after the war started, a platoon of 140 men from Charlie Company of the United States Army went into a small village called My Lai and slaughtered 504 Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village that consisted of 700 inhabitants. The My Lai Massacre was a tragic event that altered the lives of not only the men involved, but also the American public as the truth about that day finally came to surface. My Lai, also known as Pinkville, is located in the…