Khmer Rouge - Wikipedia
The Khmer Rouge[a] is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the Democratic Kampuchea through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Khmer Rouge | Facts, Leadership, Genocide, & Death Toll
2024年12月19日 · Khmer Rouge, radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 after winning power through a guerrilla war. It was purportedly set up in 1967 as the armed wing of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.
Khmer Rouge ‑ Genocide, Regime & Definition | HISTORY
2017年9月12日 · The Khmer Rouge was a brutal regime that ruled Cambodia, under the leadership of Marxist dictator Pol Pot, from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot’s attempts to create a Cambodian “master race” through...
Cambodian genocide - Wikipedia
The Cambodian genocide[a] was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens [b] by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 (c. 7.8 million). [3][4]
Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's years of brutality - BBC News
2018年11月16日 · In the four years that the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia, it was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century. The brutal regime, in power from 1975-1979, claimed the lives...
Khmer Rouge History | Cambodia Tribunal Monitor
The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), otherwise known as the Khmer Rouge, took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975. The CPK created the state of Democratic Kampuchea in 1976 and ruled the country until January 1979.
Democratic Kampuchea - Wikipedia
Democratic Kampuchea[a] was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1976 to 1979, under the totalitarian dictatorship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge's capture of the capital Phnom Penh in 1975 effectively ended the United States-backed Khmer Republic of Lon Nol.
Origins of the Khmer Rouge - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Inspired by the teachings of Mao Zedong, the Khmer Rouge came to espouse a radical agrarian ideology based on strict one-party rule, rejection of urban and Western ideas, and abolition of private property.
Southeast Asia‘s Most Murderous Regime: The Khmer Rouge …
2024年5月25日 · From 1975 to 1979, Cambodia was ruled by one of the most brutal and murderous regimes in modern history: the Khmer Rouge.
Cambodian genocide | Description, Killing Fields, & Facts
Cambodian genocide, systematic murder of up to three million people in Cambodia from 1976 to 1978 that was carried out by the Khmer Rouge government under Pol Pot. Immediately after World War II, the Americans and the French fought wars against communism in Korea and Vietnam, respectively.