Pol Pot: Timeline

1925   Born

1979   Vietnam Vietnam

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 and Vietnam-backed Cambodia Cambodia

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n insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh Phnom Penh

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, Cambodia Cambodia

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, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge was the extremist-Communist [i] organization that ruled Cambodia [i] from 1975 [i] to 1979 [i] ... 

 retreat west to an area along the Thai Thailand

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 border.

1981   Australia Australia

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 withdraws recognition of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia Cambodia

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1997   Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge was the extremist-Communist [i] organization that ruled Cambodia [i] from 1975 [i] to 1979 [i] ... 

 leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief, Son Sen, and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold (the news did not reach outside Cambodia Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia [i] with a population of more than 13 million. ... 

 for three days).

1998   Died