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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.
8 hours 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.
- 17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days)
- Democratic Kampuchea
- 1.5 to 2 million
- Khmer Rouge
May 3, 2024 · In total, close to two million Cambodians died under the Khmer Rouge. Did you know?
Apr 23, 2024 · The Khmer Rouge’s rule over the next four years was marked by some of the worst excesses of any Marxist government in the 20th century, during which an estimated 1.5 million (and possibly up to 2 million) Cambodians died and many of the country’s professional and technical class were exterminated.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 22, 2024 · There were 65,043 casualties, including 19,822 deaths, caused by land mines and other explosive remnants of war from January 1979 to February 2024, the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority said. There have been an average of 37 casualties a year recorded for 2021-2023, a sharp drop from when the mine removal programs were started.
Apr 18, 2024 · Rwanda’s genocide memorial features a Cambodian ‘remembrance’ corner, a space for healing sorely lacking in Phnom Penh. April 18, 2024. by Asia Times. April 1975 was a cruel month for millions of Cambodians. Forty-nine years ago, on April 17, the Khmer Rouge finally captured Phnom Penh after a five-year civil war with the US-backed Lon ...
May 7, 2024 · At least 1.7 million are thought to have died from execution, starvation, overwork and medical neglect by January 1979 when Vietnamese and renegade Khmer Rouge forces "liberated" the country. Some genocide investigators believe the 1975-9 holocaust tally could rise to over two million as more mass graves are discovered and mapped.
