After the end of World War II, the United States saw that Southeast Asia was red and felt that this was not possible, so it launched the Vietnam War. And poor Cambodia is right next to Vietnam. Vietnam said to Cambodia, how about letting the eldest brother rest? Of course it is - well, well. When the United States saw that the Vietnam War was getting worse and worse, and there were so many communist troops in Cambodia next to it, it said to Cambodia, how about I come to exterminate some communist bandits? Of course - fine. But the United States felt that Sihanouk was half-hearted, and it was impossible to change his obedient leader. Lon Nol came to power! Sihanouk saw that Lon Nol had the support of the Americans and Vietnam had the support of the Soviets. With only China's thighs left, he ran to Beijing to establish a united front, which included the Khmer Rouge on the big stage! After the war in Cambodia, Vietnam basically left the territory to its little brother, the Red Cambodia. In the middle, China and the Soviet Union had disputes over some issues, and the Viet Cong wanted to establish a union similar to the Soviet Union (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam), and with the consent of the Soviet Union, they began to invade Cambodia. When China saw that there was the Soviet Union in the north and Vietnam in the south, it was no good, so it began to fight back in self-defense. At first, because the Viet Cong made the United States very unbearable, the United States also supported China and taught Vietnam and Vietnam a lesson.
You need to know three basic historical backgrounds:
1. The Vietnam War
2. Sihanoukville
3. The background of the Khmer Rouge and the Viet Cong
Vietnam War Everyone go to Baidu.
Sihanoukville - Sihanouk became King of Cambodia in 1941 and gained independence from France in 1953. Sihanouk became the de facto leader of Cambodia in 1955, the same year the Vietnam War broke out.
In 1956, he signed the Declaration of the Non-Aligned Movement with Yugoslav President Tito, Egyptian President Nasser, Indonesian President Sukarno and Indian Prime Minister Nehru, and became one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement (as Sihanouk did in the Vietnam War. Leading Cambodia wants to remain neutral).
During the Vietnam War, US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles threatened Sihanouk: "either a free world or a communist world, with no middle ground". Sihanouk replied: I choose neutrality! (Sihanouk chose not to offend the communist camp of the Soviet Union and China, nor dared to restrict the Viet Cong in Cambodia, and at the same time did nothing to the Viet Cong in the U.S. bombing the territory.)
In March 1969, the Sino-Soviet conflict broke out on Zhenbao Island, entering the seventh In the 1900s, China and the Soviet Union continued to be hostile in the late Cold War, while Sino-US relations began to improve. (It paved the way for the subsequent self-defense counterattack against Vietnam)
In 1970, South Vietnam invaded Cambodia. (To attack the Viet Cong in Cambodia together with the United States)
After the coup of the Lon Nol-Shrimada group on March 18, 1970, he lived in Beijing, and on March 23 of the same year, he announced the establishment of the Cambodia National United Front and served as chairman, leading National liberation struggle. (Lon Nol is the support of the Americans, and the united front here includes the Khmer Rouge.)
After Vietnam withdrew its troops from Cambodia in January 1973, it left 75% of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge.
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge armed forces captured Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and established a democratic Cambodian regime. (Beginning of the film)
On September 29, 1978, Vietnam joined the Soviet Union-led Committee for Mutual Economic Assistance. For the purpose of containing China, the Soviet Union signed the "Soviet-Vietnamese Friendship and Cooperation Treaty" with Vietnam on November 3, 1978 to support Vietnam's expansion in the Indochina Peninsula. (The reason for the counterattack against Vietnam)
On December 25, 1978, Vietnam launched a war of aggression against Cambodia. (The end of the film)
On February 17, 1979, the first phase of the counterattack in self-defense against Vietnam began. (Deng came to the United States with the support of the United States, and the United States and China wore a pair of trousers at this time. You can search in detail.)
Regarding the issue of Pol Pot driving people to the countryside, during the Vietnam War, the United States The bombing of the Viet Cong and the support of the puppet regime, Phnom Penh suddenly increased from more than 500,000 people to 3 million people. what is the reason? Cambodia's total population at that time was 800w. How to solve the problem of eating after the United States left? Ha ha.......
China has always supported Sihanouk, and the Khmer Rouge began to act in the name of Sihanouk and then began to let Sihanouk retire after the power expanded!
So many people died in the Khmer Rouge. During this period, the United States, Vietnam, and the Soviet Union were not good people!
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