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The outcome of the Withdrawal of the United States
a revolution took place in Cambodia. After the Withdrawal of troops by the U.S. from Vietnam, Cambodians gov. was corrupted. At this point, Cambodia had lost all its military suppor -
Pol Pot
After the Americans attack Cambodia, Lon nol lost all his support. Pol pot and his followers came to power after entering Phnom Penh Cambodia and defeating the left Lon Nol Army. The taking of Phnom Penh, this marked the beginning of this cambodian genocide. -
The rise of Pol Pot
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took advantage of this and rose to power by taking control of Phnom Penh and on April 17. They took over Cambodia. The Cham Muslims, Chinese, and the Vietnamese, who were the three largest minorities, were attacked, as well as twenty other smaller ethnic groups. -
The destruction of Khmer Rouge
there were no left over functioning monasteries left in camboia, as religion was banned as well as many other things.children from the age of eight were separated from their families and were placed into labour camps. -
Cambodian genocide ends
After the Vietnamese took control, the genocide ends which death totalled over 2.7 million cambodians died, in duration of the Cambodian Genocide. Phom Penh fell, and pol pot was removed.
