The Khmer Rouge, still led by Pol Pot, was the strongest of the three rebel groups in the Coalition Government, which received extensive military aid from China, Britain and the United States …

Feb 26, 2025 · 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 …

8 hours ago · People who start their regime by vacating a capital city probably have some disturbing plans. Fifty years ago, in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forcibly evacuated all …

Sep 12, 2017 · The Khmer Rouge was a Cambodian communist military group that took power under the leadership of Pol Pot and ignited the Cambodian Genocide in the late 1970s.

Nov 16, 2018 · 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, …

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 …

3 days ago · There are few conversations in Cambodia that do not at some point turn to the three years, eight months, and 20 days under Khmer Rouge rule that began on April 17, 1975. Read …

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 …

Jul 27, 2020 · The Khmer Rouge was a brutal communist regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The regime was founded and led by the ruthless Marxist dictator Pol Pot. The regime …

Mar 21, 2025 · 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. …