USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country experienced a genocide after the Khmer Rouge won a civil war?
A
Laos
B
Cambodia
C
China
D
Vietnam
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lasting for four years (between 1975 and 1979), the Cambodian Genocide was an explosion of mass violence that saw between 1.5 and 3 million people killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, a communist political group. The Khmer Rouge had taken power in the country following the Cambodian Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -On January 7, 1979, Vietnamese troops seize the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, toppling the brutal regime of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Over four years, the Khmer Rouge killed more than 1.7 million people through work, starvation and torture. The Khmer Rouge was removed from power when communist Vietnam invaded in January 1979 and established a pro-Vietnamese regime in Cambodia.

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