With over two million deaths caused by brutal murders and torture and the total corruption of the Cambodian government. The Khmer Rouge Regime has become one of the dangerous and the top greatest injustice the human kind has ever faced in history. This great injustice all began with Pol Pot. Pol Pot was born in northern Cambodia in 1925. Like all great evil leaders Pol Pot (young age) was an excellent student was an intellectual person, who got scholarships to go to any school he chose. Pol Pot was interested in Communism and Communist parties. After returning from a meeting Pol Pot came back to the Cambodia while whole region was revolting against French. Later that year Cambodia gained their independence from the French. During this time Pol Pot joined KPRP or known as Khmer People’s Revolutionary Parties. Then for more than 5 years, Pol Pot began to teach a private school while plotting a revolt against Cambodia. Then in 1970, short term Prince Norodom Sihanouk the king of Cambodia during 1914 to 1915 was expelled, but not Pol Pot, due to the U.S military backing up the right wing takeover. Then Prince Sihanouk joined with Pol Pot, and with his former army to oppose the Cambodian new military. Pol Pot and other party leaders moved deep into the countryside. Pol Pot, who had begun to emerge as the Cambodian party chief, and then formed a new Khmer Rouge army made up of young teens/ men. In 1970 Pol Pol revolved and took over Cambodia. In 1975, Pol Pot and his army took over Phnom Penh in Cambodia and the poor people were forced to leave the capital or were shot and killed. Some two million people were forced from their homes, giving the Khmer Rouge Regime full power over Cambodia. After giving the Khmer Rouge Regime full power over the government of Cambodia, it started to corrupt the whole country.
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Since Cambodia started to go corrupt, nosy United States got involved. Then from 1970 to 1973, The U.S periodically bombed and attacked the North Vietnamese sanctuaries in the eastern Cambodia to dispose them, but indeed the bombings and the attacks killed one hundred fifty thousand Cambodian farmers and peasants, this attack killed innocent people that were not involved this fight, As a result of this attack the poor homeless peasants fled to the countryside by the thousands and settled in the Cambodian capital city called Phnom Penh, over populating the city. All of these crises crashed the economy and damaged the Cambodian military as a result the Cambodia asked the support from Pol Pot. In 1975, The U.S had a call back its troops from Vietnam and the Cambodian government has corrupted and was stained in chaos, this destroyed their government and made it more valuable, Since Cambodia lost its support from the U.S, Cambodia became more vulnerable. …show more content…
So Pol Pot took advantage of this opportunity, That same year Pol Pot with his army consisting of teenage framer and peasants took control and effectively seized the city in Cambodia called Phnom Penh. Once in full power, Pol Pot began a constitutional experiment to make a new agrarian utopia influenced by Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolutions. During the revolution, Mao made a program called, Great Leap Forward.This impressive, cunning and economic program included forced Chinese cities and made those cites class for attacking enemies. Pol Pot then attempted this program in his own way in Cambodia and it was called, Super Great Leap Forward.Then after copying Mao’s plans, Plagiarizing Pol Pot began declaring that in Cambodia it was the year zero and that his societies were cleansed of the past. After that, Pol Pot extinguished all types of western culture like religion, city life, capitalism, etc.… Then, Pol Pot favored to make Cambodia into an extreme form peasant Communism. The same year Pol Pot expelled all foreigners from Cambodia and made Cambodia into all Cambodian only place. He also stopped all types of foreign economics and medical assistance. Then Pol Pot banned all types of foreign languages, shut down the communication and entertainment system, stopped education, banned religion, shuttered business, so the new generation would be dumb and
Since Cambodia started to go corrupt, nosy United States got involved. Then from 1970 to 1973, The U.S periodically bombed and attacked the North Vietnamese sanctuaries in the eastern Cambodia to dispose them, but indeed the bombings and the attacks killed one hundred fifty thousand Cambodian farmers and peasants, this attack killed innocent people that were not involved this fight, As a result of this attack the poor homeless peasants fled to the countryside by the thousands and settled in the Cambodian capital city called Phnom Penh, over populating the city. All of these crises crashed the economy and damaged the Cambodian military as a result the Cambodia asked the support from Pol Pot. In 1975, The U.S had a call back its troops from Vietnam and the Cambodian government has corrupted and was stained in chaos, this destroyed their government and made it more valuable, Since Cambodia lost its support from the U.S, Cambodia became more vulnerable. …show more content…
So Pol Pot took advantage of this opportunity, That same year Pol Pot with his army consisting of teenage framer and peasants took control and effectively seized the city in Cambodia called Phnom Penh. Once in full power, Pol Pot began a constitutional experiment to make a new agrarian utopia influenced by Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolutions. During the revolution, Mao made a program called, Great Leap Forward.This impressive, cunning and economic program included forced Chinese cities and made those cites class for attacking enemies. Pol Pot then attempted this program in his own way in Cambodia and it was called, Super Great Leap Forward.Then after copying Mao’s plans, Plagiarizing Pol Pot began declaring that in Cambodia it was the year zero and that his societies were cleansed of the past. After that, Pol Pot extinguished all types of western culture like religion, city life, capitalism, etc.… Then, Pol Pot favored to make Cambodia into an extreme form peasant Communism. The same year Pol Pot expelled all foreigners from Cambodia and made Cambodia into all Cambodian only place. He also stopped all types of foreign economics and medical assistance. Then Pol Pot banned all types of foreign languages, shut down the communication and entertainment system, stopped education, banned religion, shuttered business, so the new generation would be dumb and