Cambodian Civil War
By Matt Hjalte
Why the war started.
Cambodia a poor country with a government that was falling apart. The leader of the communist group Pol Pot wanted it all to be equal and no one else bigger than each other. Pol Pot planned on turning Cambodia into an organization of farms and have the citizens as the laborers.
Leaders.
Pol Pot the main leader of the communist group. Nuon Chea was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. Leng Sary was a co-founder and a senior member of the Khmer Rouge. Son Sen was a Cambodian communist politician and soldier. Khieu Samphan was a former Cambodian communist politician and was state president of presidium.
Map
This is a map of the different groups in Cambodia.
Map
This is a map of the countries city's and capitals.
Map
This is a map of the altitudes in Cambodia.
resources they used
The Communists group the Khmer Rouge didn't believe in technology. They used guns bombs guns and rockets to aid there fight.
Society
Just two years before this war. In America the civil rights movement was going on.