1975 – 1979
This entry covers Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979. Forced evacuation, coerced labor, starvation, disease, torture, execution, and persecution killed nearly two million people. Courts have distinguished genocide against protected Vietnamese and Cham groups from the regime’s broader crimes against humanity. Vietnam’s invasion toppled the regime but began another war and a prolonged occupation.
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This entry covers Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979. Forced evacuation, coerced labor, starvation, disease, torture, execution, and persecution killed nearly two million people. Courts have distinguished genocide against protected Vietnamese and Cham groups from the regime’s broader crimes against humanity. Vietnam’s invasion toppled the regime but began another war and a prolonged occupation.
Cambodian Genocide / Khmer Rouge was fought from 1975 to 1979.
Cambodian Genocide / Khmer Rouge was fought between Khmer Rouge / Democratic Kampuchea and Cambodia / Vietnamese Liberation Force.
An estimated 2,000,000 people died in Cambodian Genocide / Khmer Rouge, including roughly 300,000 military and 1,700,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included Collectivization of Cambodia, Eastern Zone Purges, Cambodia–Vietnam Border War, and Vietnamese Invasion of Cambodia.