1. Cambodian Genocide

2. Genocide
Intentional mass killing especially of those part of an ethnic group and/or religion.

3. How? The Regime would go on raids picking up people on their lists
Citizens deemed fit to work in labour camps, worked until starvation
Unfit were killed with their families

4. Who? 1975-1979, carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot
Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician
, he also served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
The Khmer Rouge regime was mainly made up of teen peasants
Who?

5. Why?
After Pol Pot overthrowing the government they were put on a mission to reconstruct Cambodia
Using the communist model of Mao’s China
They believed the population must be made to work as labourers to help rebuild Cambodia

6. Where? Citizens were forced to relocate to other areas of Cambodia
Victims suffered from disease, execution, starvation and forced labour
Conditions were as terrible as Holocaust
Some refer to this event as the Cambodian Holocaust

7. Victims Citizens of Cambodia were targeted
Ill, disabled, old and very young
It’s estimated about million were killed
Children were taken from their parents and placed in separate forced labour camps
Anyone in opposition (intellectuals and educated were assumed to be) were eliminated
Those who refused, didn’t obey or didn’t do as asked fast enough
Victims

8. The towns
Factories, schools, universities and hospitals were shut down
Lawyers, doctors, teachers, engineers, scientists and people in professional fields were murdered along with their extended family

9. USA’s Response
When US official publicly announced the atrocities people that mistrusted US motives dismissed these statements
Thought they were lies or exaggerations
The US government took little action as their defeat in Vietnam was still fresh
They had no ties to Cambodia and felt it was a distant country they didn’t feel obligated to help

10. Vietnam’s Response Vietnam drove Pol Pot’s regime out of Cambodia
Vietnamese troops were the only successful barrier to the Khmer Rouge Regime
However, the government demanded they withdraw
The Vietnamese still continued to push back and made sure killing fields did not reappear
Known as the liberators of Cambodia

11. Taking Action
I think Vietnam was very persistent in helping Cambodia even though they were told to withdraw
If more countries and troops helped the amount effected would have been smaller but at the end of the day the regime was still pushed out and forced to surrender

12. Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide
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