4CambodiaWhy

=Why did this happen? RD = = =

=The Cambodian Genocide happened because of an attempt by a Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot. He attempted to form a Communist peasent farming society which resulted in the deaths of 25 percent of the country's population from starvation and executions. By 1962, Pot had become the leader of the communist party and was forced to leave to escape Prince Norodom,the leader of Cambodia. During his escape he made an armed resistance movement which was then called Khmer Rouge. Over 1.7 million had died along the way and Pol Pot is to blame.= = [] =