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The Killing Fields (Khmer: វាលពិឃាត, Khmer pronunciation: [ʋiəl pikʰiət]) are sites in Cambodia where collectively more than 1,300,000 people were killed and buried by the Communist Party of Kampuchea during Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970–75).
21 de jul. de 2023 · The Killing Fields were sites of mass graves and executions by the Khmer Rouge regime, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Learn about the rise of the Khmer Rouge, the atrocities they committed, the international reaction and intervention, and the survivors' stories.
26 de mar. de 2024 · Learn about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime, which killed millions of Cambodians in mass graves across the country. Visit Choeung Ek, the largest killing field near Phnom Penh, and pay respects to the victims and survivors.
12 de sept. de 2017 · The Khmer Rouge was a communist regime led by Pol Pot that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. It carried out a brutal campaign of killing, starvation and torture that resulted in the deaths of more than 2 million people, known as the Cambodian Genocide.
4 de jun. de 2024 · Cambodian genocide, systematic murder of up to three million people in Cambodia from 1976 to 1978 that was carried out by the Khmer Rouge government under Pol Pot. Immediately after World War II, the Americans and the French fought wars against communism in Korea and Vietnam, respectively.
Los Campos de la Muerte (en camboyano: វាលពិឃាត viel pi-kʰiet), también conocidos como Campos de Exterminio, o por su nombre en inglés, Killing Fields, son el nombre dado a varios lugares en Camboya en donde grandes cantidades de personas fueron asesinadas y enterradas por el régimen de Pol Pot y los Jemeres rojos, cuando ...
Choeung Ek in Cambodia is a former orchard which served a sinister purpose during the reign of the Khmer Rouge: it became known as The Killing Fields, and it is estimated that over 17,000 men, women and children were killed and buried at the Choeung Ek Killing Fields.
