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Year Zero
marks the beginning of the Khmer Rouge regime. This is the year the regime was taking over. -
Genocide begins
Tortures and executions all across the country. The social categories in focus are intellectuals, teachers, doctors, former military police members, lawyers, and anybody else opposing the regime. This is the year with the most deaths. -
Changing
The country is renamed Democratic Kampuchea, to mark the beginning of a new era. The name is the old form of the contemporary form Cambodia. -
war begins
The Cambodian-Vietnamese War begins. -
Invasion
Cambodia is invaded by Vietnam. -
Its all over
The Khmer Rouge rule is over.
