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3 days ago · The Cambodian government estimated that more than 20 percent of the property in the country had been destroyed during the war. In total, an estimated 275,000–310,000 people were killed as a result of the war.
2 days ago · Demographer Patrick Heuveline estimated that between 1.17 million and 3.42 million Cambodians died unnatural deaths between 1970 and 1979, with between 150,000 and 300,000 of those deaths occurring during the civil war. Heuveline's central estimate is 2.52 million excess deaths, of which 1.4 million were the direct result of violence.
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May 3, 2024 · In total, close to two million Cambodians died under the Khmer Rouge. Did you know?
- Jessica Pearce Rotondi
4 days ago · Introduction. From 1975 to 1979, Cambodia was ruled by one of the most brutal and murderous regimes in modern history: the Khmer Rouge. Led by the Marxist revolutionary Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge seized power after a devastating civil war and embarked on a radical transformation of Cambodian society that resulted in the deaths of up to two million people, or one quarter of the country‘s ...
May 15, 2024 · Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge’s totalitarian regime (1975–79) in Cambodia responsible for the deaths of more than one million Cambodians. His radical communist government forced the mass evacuations of cities and left a legacy of brutality and impoverishment.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · Demographer Patrick Heuveline estimated that between 1.17 million and 3.42 million Cambodians died unnatural deaths between 1970 and 1979, with between 150,000 and 300,000 of those deaths occurring during the civil war. Heuveline's central estimate is 2.52 million excess deaths, of which 1.4 million were the direct result of violence.
May 22, 2024 · At least 1.5 million Cambodians died from execution, forced hardships, or starvation during the Khmer Rouge regime under POL POT. A 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside, began a 10-year Vietnamese occupation, and touched off 20 years of civil war.
