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Vietnamese troops fight their way into Phnom Penh as the Khmer Rouge regime collapses,7 January 1979.

Rare image taken by a Vietnamese military photographer of Vietnamese soldiers advancing under fire into the heart of Phnom Penh. The depopulated city, inhabited only by Khmer Rouge leadership and forces, fell to the Vietnamese on January 7, 1979. The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.

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Titre: Vietnamese troops fight their way into Phnom Penh as the Khmer Rouge regime collapses,7 January 1979.

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Rare image taken by a Vietnamese military photographer of Vietnamese soldiers advancing under fire into the heart of Phnom Penh. The depopulated city, inhabited only by Khmer Rouge leadership and forces, fell to the Vietnamese on January 7, 1979. The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.

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Taille de l'image: 5200 × 3483 px | 51.8 MB

Taille d'impression: 44.0 × 29.5 cm | 2047.2 × 1371.3 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • CAMBODGE • CAMBODIAN • COMMUNISME • COMMUSIME • CONTINENT ASIE • GUERRE • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • INDOCHINE • KHMER ROUGE • MOURIR DE FAIM • VIETNAM • VIETNAMIEN