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|fullname = Khmer Rouge | |fullname = Khmer Rouge | ||
|alias = Red Khmers | |alias = Red Khmers | ||
|origin = | |origin = Cambodia | ||
|foundation = | |foundation = 1951 | ||
|headquarters = Phnom Penh | |headquarters = Phnom Penh | ||
|commanders = [[Pol Pot]] | |commanders = [[Pol Pot]] | ||
|agents = Norodom Sihanouk, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan | |agents = Norodom Sihanouk, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan | ||
|skills = | |skills = Militant oppression | ||
|goals = Turn Cambodia into an agrarian socialist state | |goals = Turn Cambodia into an agrarian socialist state | ||
Defeat the Vietnamese army (failed) | Defeat the Vietnamese army (failed) | ||
|type of villains = Agrarian socialists}} | |type of villains = Agrarian socialists}} | ||
The Khmer Rouge was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam. It was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by [[Pol Pot]], [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], and [[Khieu Samphan]]. Democratic Kampuchea was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. | The Khmer Rouge was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam. It was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by [[Pol Pot]], [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], and [[Khieu Samphan]]. Democratic Kampuchea was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. | ||