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3. People to Know
Prince Sihanouk: Leader of Cambodia, helped win freedom from France. Would eventually help Pol Pot overthrow Lon Nol.
Lon Nol: Cambodian polician who overthrew Prince Sihanouk and became the PM of the Khmer Republic ( )
Pol Pot: Leader of the Khmer Rouge who overthrew Lon Nol and established communist Cambodia—led genocide

4. Cambodian Genocide
1953
Cambodia gains independence after century of French of rule
Almost completely Buddhist
Ruled by Prince Sihanouk, who often shifted alliances

5. Cambodian Genocide 2. How did the Vietnam War impact life in Cambodia?
At first neutral under Sihanouk
Opened port to Vietnamese communists
US allowed to bomb Viet Cong in Cambodia
Lon Nol then allowed US to roam free in Cambodia
Around 750,000 Cambodians killed

6. Cambodian Genocide What happened in 1970? Who took control?
Prince Sihanouk was deposed in coup and exiled (China)
Comes back later, joins Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot (communists) to fight Lon Nol who has led the charge to overthrow him
US backed Lon Nol (military) made president of Khmer Republic
Meanwhile, Communism spread throughout Cambodia
American bombardment of Cambodia + Lon Nol’s collaboration with the USA  new recruits to Khmer Rouge

7. Cambodian Genocide 4. What did the Khmer Rouge do in 1975?
Defeated Lon Nol’s army in civil war
Led by Pol Pot (had N. Vietnamese training, support from China) and supported by Prince Sihanouk
Lon Nol overthrown from power
Cambodia now known by its Khmer name, Kampuchea

8. Cambodian Genocide
5. After Pol Pot took control of the govn’t, what happened to Cambodian cities?
Forced to leave (killed if refused)
Ppl forced become agricultural laborers on
collective farms
(anyone who opposed were “eliminated”)

9. Cambodian Genocide
6. Describe how every day life changed for Cambodians when the Khmer Rouge came to power.
Children taken, put in separate labor camps
Factories, schools, hospitals shut down
Professionals murdered (lawyers, doctors, teachers—any professional = “uncommunist”)
Banned religion, music, radio—temples destroyed & monks killed
Shot for wearing glasses, laughing, crying
Minority groups murdered
Personal relationships discouraged

10. Cambodian Genocide
7. Did Pol Pot trust all his party members? What did he do?
No, constantly interrogated own members- imprisoned & executed on slight suspicion

11. Cambodian Genocide 8. What major event occurred in Cambodia in 1978?
Vietnam invaded & overthrew Khmer Rouge
(Khmer Rouge’s links with China caused tension between Vietnam and Cambodia)
Vietnam set up “puppet government” composed of defectors of Khmer Rouge
Meanwhile, the US and other western countries helped Khmer Rouge some:
Gave aid to Khmer Rouge guerillas who made it to Thailand
Ensured that the Khmer Rouge held on to Cambodia’s seat in the UN
Why help Khmer Rouge??

12. Cambodian Genocide
9. By 1989, what was the human, political, and social state of Cambodia?
Last Vietnamese troops left Cambodia
Forced because of US sanctions vs. Cambodia and aid being cut-off by USSR
Temporary coalition government, legal to own land
State religion = Buddhism
Name officially restored

13. Cambodian Genocide 10. What was largely discovered in 1995?
Mass graves from the killing fields

14. What’s Happened Since?
1991: Khmer Rouge collapses  peace agreement  establishment of democracy  Prince Sihanouk elected to lead new government in 1993
1997: Pol Pot placed under house arrest
1998: Pol Pot dies of natural causes before being brought to trial
Only a handful of Khmer Rouge militants have been convicted by a United Nations tribunal