On the Refugee crises map as “The emptying of Phnom Penh”
17 Apr 1975 — Khmer Rouge troops order everyone out of Phnom Penh and into the countryside, including hospital patients. War refugees have swollen the city’s population to about two million, and thousands die on the roads. This is the first act of a regime under which an estimated 1.5 to 2.2 million Cambodians die. Remember them.
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