40,638 views
Pol Pot was the leader of the Cambodian Communist Party, known as the Khmer Rouge. As the leader of this party, he fought in a civil war that brought him to power in Cambodia in 1975. From there, he imposed a dictatorial regime that decimated around 2 million people in forced labor camps, about 25% of the population. The dictatorship established by Pol Pot was one of the cruelest of the 20th century. #SoutheastAsia #history #cambodia #polpot #communism #Massacre #Historyofthe20thCentury #Maotsetung #indochina