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The '''Khmer Rouge''' was the name given to the followers of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] in Cambodia during the [[Cold War]]. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam and served as the ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, during which the country was known as Democratic Kampuchea. [[Pol Pot]] served as the organization's overall leader, with his inner circle consisting of [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], [[Ta Mok]], and [[Khieu Samphan]].

==History==

The Khmer Rouge army was slowly built up in the jungles of Eastern Cambodia during the late 1960s, supported by the North Vietnamese army, the [[Việt Cộng]], the [[Pathet Lao]], and by the [[Communist Party of China]] (CPC). Although originally fighting against exiled head of state Norodom Sihanouk, on the advice of the CPC, the Khmer Rouge changed its position to support Sihanouk after the latter was overthrown in a 1970 coup by [[Lon Nol]] who established the pro-United States Khmer Republic. Despite a massive American bombing campaign against them, the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian Civil War when they captured the Cambodian capital and overthrew the Khmer Republic in 1975.

The Khmer Rouge army was slowly built up in the jungles of Eastern Cambodia during the late 1960s, supported by the North Vietnamese army, the [[Việt Cộng]], the [[Pathet Lao]], and by the [[Communist Party of China]] (CPC). The Khmer Rouge fought alongside North Vietnam during the [[Vietnam War]] beginning in 1972.

Although originally fighting against exiled head of state Norodom Sihanouk, on the advice of the CPC, the Khmer Rouge changed its position to support Sihanouk after the latter was overthrown in a 1970 coup by [[Lon Nol]] who established the pro-United States Khmer Republic. Despite a massive American bombing campaign against them, the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian Civil War when they captured the Cambodian capital and overthrew the Khmer Republic in 1975.

In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical [[communist]] program that included isolating the country from all foreign influences, closing schools, hospitals and some factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, and collectivising agriculture. Khmer Rouge theorists, developing the ideas of Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan, believed that an initial period of self-imposed economic isolation and national self-sufficiency would stimulate the rebirth of the crafts and the country's latent industrial capability.

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 The '''Khmer Rouge''' was the name given to the followers of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]] in Cambodia during the [[Cold War]]. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam and served as the ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, during which the country was known as Democratic Kampuchea. [[Pol Pot]] served as the organization's overall leader, with his inner circle consisting of [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], [[Ta Mok]], and [[Khieu Samphan]].
 ==History==
-The Khmer Rouge army was slowly built up in the jungles of Eastern Cambodia during the late 1960s, supported by the North Vietnamese army, the [[Việt Cộng]], the [[Pathet Lao]], and by the [[Communist Party of China]] (CPC). Although originally fighting against exiled head of state Norodom Sihanouk, on the advice of the CPC, the Khmer Rouge changed its position to support Sihanouk after the latter was overthrown in a 1970 coup by [[Lon Nol]] who established the pro-United States Khmer Republic. Despite a massive American bombing campaign against them, the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian Civil War when they captured the Cambodian capital and overthrew the Khmer Republic in 1975.
+The Khmer Rouge army was slowly built up in the jungles of Eastern Cambodia during the late 1960s, supported by the North Vietnamese army, the [[Việt Cộng]], the [[Pathet Lao]], and by the [[Communist Party of China]] (CPC).  The Khmer Rouge fought alongside North Vietnam during the [[Vietnam War]] beginning in 1972.
+Although originally fighting against exiled head of state Norodom Sihanouk, on the advice of the CPC, the Khmer Rouge changed its position to support Sihanouk after the latter was overthrown in a 1970 coup by [[Lon Nol]] who established the pro-United States Khmer Republic. Despite a massive American bombing campaign against them, the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian Civil War when they captured the Cambodian capital and overthrew the Khmer Republic in 1975.
 In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical [[communist]] program that included isolating the country from all foreign influences, closing schools, hospitals and some factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, and collectivising agriculture. Khmer Rouge theorists, developing the ideas of Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan, believed that an initial period of self-imposed economic isolation and national self-sufficiency would stimulate the rebirth of the crafts and the country's latent industrial capability.