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== History == | == 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]] 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> | ||
Revision as of 19:36, 22 August 2022
| Democratic Kampuchea កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្ | |
|---|---|
| 1975–1979 | |
 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Phnom Penh |
| Common languages | Khmer |
| Dominant mode of production | Semi-feudalism |
| Government | Unitary 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.
History
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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Austin Murphy (2000). The Triumph of Evil: 'Introduction' (p. 53). [PDF] Fucecchio, Italy: European Press Academic Publishing. ISBN 8883980026