How did this question come about? They have everything to do with Cambodia. Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge, the Communist party which ruled the country, and killed between 1 and 2 million...
He was mad at the Cambodian Government! He and other communists took over. I always referred to it as the Khmer Communist Regime. Basically, they abolished all art and religion. they killed you for...
Yes. The Khmer Rouge was backed by the PRC, which is also what led to the Sino-Vietnamese War. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and expelled the PRC-backed Khmer Rouge, and this in turn triggered the war...
"Pol Potwas trying to bring Cambodia back to what he called 'Ground Zero'. 'Ground Zero' was his idea of what a utopian society should be. In order to reach this perfect society, all the citizens...