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The before, during, and after of the killing of cambodians. The genocide acurred from 1973 to 1979.
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In a small town in Kompong Thong Pol Pot was born. When he got older he went to Paris were he became a communist.
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Pol Pot returned to Cambodia and became the leader of the Khmer Rouge.
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After being ruled by france for 100 years, they gain their freedom after World War II.
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Prince Sihanouk and his followers joined a communist organisation called Khmer Rouge
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The US enter the war against Vietnam with all weapons at full blows only to find the vietnamese not budging.
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In 1970 the Khmer rouge slowly moved into place to kill.
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By 1975 the khmer rouge was about 700,000 men strong and could not be surpressed. This is the same year that Lon Nol was defeated by the Khmer Rouge.
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The Vietmense invaded Kampuchea and over toke the Khmer Rouge.
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The Vietamese withdraw from Cambodia and there is an uneasy peace.
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There was then a peace agreement signed and Democratic elections would monitor them.
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Massive graves were showly uncovered to show the horror of what had happened to the 2 million people of the Cambodian Genocide.
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Pol Pot died on April 15, 1995 in his home while he was under house arrest for the murder of two million people. He died of a heart attack in his sleep.
