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He was born in Prek Sbauv in what was then a part of French Indochina but is now in the province of Kompong Thom, Cambodia. In 1949, he won a scholarship to study radio engineering in Paris. During his study, he became a communist, and joined an emergent KhmerKhmer stands for several things related to Cambodia: The Khmer people, the ethnic group to which the great majority of Cambodians belong to The Khmer language The Khmer Empire, which ruled over much of Indochina from the 9th to the 13th centuries. See als communist group. This group was called the French Communist PartyThe French Communist Party Parti Communiste Francais or PCF was founded in 1920. The party publishes a daily newspaper called L'Humanit which was started in 1904 as the paper of the Socialist Party. In fact the PCF, originally known as the French Section. In 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl, he returned to Cambodia.
At that time, a communist-led revolt was taking place against the French occupation of Indochina. The centre of this uprising was in VietnamThe Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. It borders China, Laos, Cambodia, and the Gulf of Tonkin. Cng Hoa Xa Hi Ch Nghia Vit Nam ( In Detail) (Full size) National motto: Dc lp, t do, hnh phuc (Independence, Liberty, Happiness Off, but it also took place in Cambodia and LaosThe Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the west as Burma) and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the. Saloth Sar joined the Viet MinhThe Viet Minh (abbreviated from Vit Nam Dc Lp Dng Minh Hi "League for the Independence of Vietnam") was formed in 1941 to seek independence for Vietnam from France. The league was led by Nguyen Tat Thanh better known as Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh, Le Duan,, but found that they regarded only Vietnam of importance, not Laos and Cambodia. In 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati, the French left Indochina, but the Viet Minh also withdrew to North Vietnam, and King Norodom SihanoukPreah Bat Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk Varman Time in office April 24, 1941- March 3, 1955; November 20, 1991- October 7 2004 (King from September 24, 1993) Predecessor Sisowath Monivong (first time); Chea Sim (second time) Successor Norodom Suramarit ( called elections. Sihanouk abdicated, and formed a political party. Using his popularity and some intimidation, he swept away the communist opposition and gained all of the government seats.
Pol Pot fled Sihanouk's secret police and spent twelve years in hiding, training recruits. In the late 1960s, Sihanouk's head of internal security, Lon Nol took brutal action against the revolutionaries, known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea. Pol Pot started an armed uprising against the government, supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Prior to 1970, the Communist Party of Kampuchea was an insignificant factor in Cambodian politics. However, in 1970 American-backed General Lon Nol deposed Sihanouk, because the latter was seen as supporting the Viet Cong.
In protest, Sihanouk threw his support to Pol Pot's side. That same year, Richard Nixon ordered a military incursion into Cambodia in order to destroy Viet Cong sanctuaries bordering on South Vietnam. Sihanouk's popularity, along with the United States invasion of Cambodia, drove many to Pol Pot's side and soon Lon Nol's government controlled only the cities.
It has been argued that the Khmer Rouge may not have come to power without the destabilization of the Vietnam War, particularly of the American bombing campaigns to "clear out the Vietnamese sanctuaries" in Cambodia. William Shawcross argued this point in his 1979 book Sideshow.
When the United States left Vietnam in 1973 the Viet Cong left Cambodia, but the Khmer Rouge continued to fight. Unable to maintain any sort of control over the country, Lon Nol's government soon collapsed. On April 17, 1975, the Communist Party of Kampuchea took Phnom Penh and Lon Nol fled to the United States of America. Less than one month later, on May 12, Khmer Rouge naval forces operating in Cambodian territorial waters seized the U.S. merchant ship S.S. Mayaguez, the last American merchant ship to leave Vietnam, precipitating the Mayaguez Crisis.
Norodom Sihanouk was returned to power in 1975, but soon found himself side-lined by his more radical Communist colleagues, who had little interest in his plans of restoring the monarchy.
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