Cambodia under Pol Pot

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Cambodia under Pol Pot

• By Jordana Lewis
• and
• Nina Cataldo

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When Pol Pot took over

• Pol Pot became the ruler of Cambodia in 1976, and
  was in power until 1979.
• He tried to convert Cambodia in to a communist
  peasant farming society.

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Khmer Rouge(Red Cambodians)

• When Pol Pot became the leader of the Cambodian
  communist party, he was forced to flee in to the
  jungle to escape the anger of Prince Norodom
  Sihanouk, the leader of Cambodia.
• While he was in the jungle, Pol Pot formed a
  group called the Khmer Rouge to follow his lead
  and wage war on the Sihanouks government. This
  is how Pol Pot took over and started the
  genocide.

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How did it begin?

• Cambodia had a very unstable government, and in
  1975, Pol Pot came in with a strong military and
  easily took over Cambodia.
• If the government was stronger and more stable,
  Pol Pot wouldnt have taken over Cambodia so
  easily.

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The People of Cambodia

• Overall, 2 3 million people (25 30 of the
  population) died during the genocide from
  starvation, execution and forced labor.
• When they were forced to evacuate the cities, the
  residence were told that the reason for the
  evacuation was because the U.S. was planning to
  bomb them.

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The Government

• The Khmer Rouge killed anyone that was involved
  in the former government of Cambodia, including
  civil servants, military officers, and police
  that were involved in the Khmer Republic in
  particular.
• Some refugees and others in danger, dyed their
  clothes black to blend in with peasants and
  working class people who were not in danger.
• In the city of Phnom Penh, the Khmer Rouge
  brought 300 officers in to the forest and machine
  gunned and clubbed them to death.

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How did it End?

• In 1979, there was an internal split with the
  remaining Khmer Rouge members, which then led to
  Pol Pots arrest.
• He later died of natural causes which ended the
  Khmer Rouge for good because their power was
  gone.
• After the genocide, Cambodia was left under the
  Vietnamese occupation for ten years.
• Today, Cambodia is back to normal

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Citations

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• Symonds, Peter. "The Death of Pol Pot." World
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