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{{Infobox country|name=Democratic Kampuchea|native_name=កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្|image_flag=Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.png|capital=Phnom Penh|largest_city=Phnom Penh|mode_of_production=Semi-feudalism|government_type=Unitary [[Socialist state|Socialist Republic]] ''(de-jure)''<br>Unitary [[Utopian socialism|Utopian Socialist]] Dictatorship ''(de-facto)''|leader_title1=General Secretary|leader_name1=[[Pol Pot]]|year_start=1975|year_end=1979|common_languages=Khmer}}
{{Infobox country|name=Democratic Kampuchea|native_name=កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្|image_flag=Flag of Democratic Kampuchea.png|capital=Phnom Penh|largest_city=Phnom Penh|mode_of_production=Semi-feudalism|government_type=Unitary [[Socialist state|Socialist Republic]] ''(de-jure)''<br>Unitary [[Utopian socialism|Utopian Socialist]] Dictatorship ''(de-facto)''|leader_title1=General Secretary|leader_name1=[[Pol Pot]]|year_start=1975|year_end=1979|common_languages=Khmer}}
'''Democratic Kampuchea''' was a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It was ruled by [[Pol Pot]].


'''Democratic Kampuchea''' was a country in [[Southeast Asia]].
==History==
 
[[Pol Pot]] took power in Cambodia in 1975. The [[United States of America|United States]] killed 500,000 Cambodians with aerial bombing and then sanctioned Cambodia. The bombings killed 75% of the country's draft animals and destroyed many rural houses.
== History ==
Pol Pot took power in Cambodia in 1975. The [[United States of America|United States]] killed 500,000 Cambodians with aerial bombing and then sanctioned Cambodia. The bombings killed 75% of the country's draft animals and destroyed many rural houses.


Pol Pot executed between 75,000 and 150,000 civilians, including many pro-Vietnamese communists.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Challenge-Desafio|title=Pol Pot Was Not and Is Not A Communist|date=1986-02-19|url=https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/khmerrouge.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116094937/https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/khmerrouge.html|archive-date=2022-01-16|retrieved=2022-08-01}}</ref> In 1978, Pol Pot invaded [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam|Vietnam]] but was overthrown by a Vietnamese counterattack in 1979. He began a US-backed guerrilla warfare campaign against the Vietnamese.<ref>{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=Introduction|page=53|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio, [[Italy]]|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>
Pol Pot executed between 75,000 and 150,000 civilians, including many pro-Vietnamese communists.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Challenge-Desafio|title=Pol Pot Was Not and Is Not A Communist|date=1986-02-19|url=https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/khmerrouge.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116094937/https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/khmerrouge.html|archive-date=2022-01-16|retrieved=2022-08-01}}</ref> In 1978, Pol Pot invaded [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam|Vietnam]] but was overthrown by a Vietnamese counterattack in 1979. He began a US-backed guerrilla warfare campaign against the Vietnamese.<ref>{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=Introduction|page=53|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio, [[Italy]]|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 12:49, 18 September 2024

Democratic Kampuchea
កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្
1975–1979
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea
Flag
Capital
and largest city
Phnom Penh
Common languagesKhmer
Dominant mode of productionSemi-feudalism
GovernmentUnitary Socialist Republic (de-jure)
Unitary Utopian Socialist Dictatorship (de-facto)
• General Secretary
Pol Pot
History
• Established
1975
• Dissolution
1979

Democratic Kampuchea was a country in Southeast Asia. It was ruled by Pol Pot.

History[edit | edit source]

Pol Pot took power in Cambodia in 1975. The United States killed 500,000 Cambodians with aerial bombing and then sanctioned Cambodia. The bombings killed 75% of the country's draft animals and destroyed many rural houses.

Pol Pot executed between 75,000 and 150,000 civilians, including many pro-Vietnamese communists.[1] In 1978, Pol Pot invaded Vietnam but was overthrown by a Vietnamese counterattack in 1979. He began a US-backed guerrilla warfare campaign against the Vietnamese.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Pol Pot Was Not and Is Not A Communist" (1986-02-19). Challenge-Desafio. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. Austin Murphy (2000). The Triumph of Evil: 'Introduction' (p. 53). [PDF] Fucecchio, Italy: European Press Academic Publishing. ISBN 8883980026