The Khmer Rouge, lead by Pol Pot killed almost two million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979, spreading from the jungles until they controlled the entire country, only to destroy it in the name of a 'communist ideal.' It's impossible to know how many were killed accurately, but professionals suggest that the Khmer Rouge killed between one million and two million people during their regime. Thousands more are said to have died due to malnutrition or disease, and the upper classes of Cambodian society were totally wiped out. The killing continued until Vietnamese troops invaded in 1979 and sent the Khmer Rouge back to the jungles. Pol Pot continued to lead the Khmer Rouge as a movement until 1997, when he was arrested and sentenced to house arrest by his own followers after he killed one of his closest advisers. He died in 1998 in a jungle village, never having faced charges.
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