The Khmer Rouge was a brutal regime that ruled Cambodia, under the leadership of Marxist dictator Pol PotPol PotPol Pot was a political leader whose communist Khmer Rouge government led Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. During that time, an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork.
› topics › cold-war › pol-potPol Pot - HISTORY, from 1975 to 1979. Pol Pot's attempts to create a Cambodian “master race” through social engineering ultimately led to the deaths of more than 2 million people in the Southeast Asian country.Sep 12, 2017