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The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian civil wars impact on modern day Cambodia is staggering. With active landmines still hidden beneath the landscape, they have changed the lives of so many people, not least children. A result of the the Vietnam War and the rise of the Khmer Rouge, these landmines affect an average of 2.5 people each day, and it is said it will take over 100 years to remove these devastating devices from the country.
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@WarStoriesChannel 2 жыл бұрын

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@stevenjustice105 8 ай бұрын

Soosday. Neak sauk sabaai dei?

@petermeasjs996 8 ай бұрын

@@stevenjustice105សួស្តី! អ្នកសុខសប្បាយដែរឬទេ?

@henryj8965 2 жыл бұрын

A Very sad historical chapter for Cambodia and the Khmer people. As mentioned, can forgive and never be forgotten

@MaskofAgamemnon 2 жыл бұрын

If people ever want to know the dangers of civil strife, refer them to Cambodia.

@chickenfriedrice2932 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Canada but have been living in Cambodia for the last few years. Great place and I feel safer than when I am in Canada. Love it here. The people are very kind.

@MaskofAgamemnon 2 жыл бұрын

@@chickenfriedrice2932 Thank God you're not there in the 70s. Acknowledging the past does not diminish the present.

@9ZERO6 2 жыл бұрын

@@chickenfriedrice2932 it certainly wasn't always that way. But it is good knowing that the country has restabilized.

@Russia-bullies 2 жыл бұрын

If folks want to know the hardships of war,refer them too.

@HansDunkelberg1 2 жыл бұрын

@@chickenfriedrice2932 Where do you live in Cambodia?

@jhoncho4x4 2 жыл бұрын

The movie "The killing fields" was a disturbing movie. At least the miltary equipment left in Vietnam, got to be used for some good, to stop that genocide. I don't know what Vietnam's motivation was to get involved, but glad they did. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge was brutal.

@GridDownSurvival 2 жыл бұрын

The Khmer rouge was murdering all vietnamese nationals inside of Cambodia.. as well as launching cross border attacks into Vietnam.. that is why

@jhoncho4x4 2 жыл бұрын

@@GridDownSurvival Thanks, make sense.

@GridDownSurvival 2 жыл бұрын

@@jhoncho4x4 👍

@GothicKnight81 2 жыл бұрын

@@35Colorado Neither USA that starts wars all over the world and bombing in the name of democracy. Long live Vietnam from Slovakia.

@robertosborne8277 2 жыл бұрын

Brutal doesn't come close to describing what the KR did.

@banana7642 28 күн бұрын

If other countries had shown the same level of care and support for Cambodia as they do for Gaza, the people wouldn't have suffered as much back then. The lack of attention and assistance from the international community had devastating consequences for Cambodia, leading to widespread suffering and hardship. It highlights the importance of global solidarity and aid in times of crisis to prevent such tragedies from occurring.

@georgehollingsworth2428 2 жыл бұрын

I visited Cambodia in the 1990s, about when this film was made, and saw all of this personally. In many ways it was much worse than depicted. Thankfully things are much better now.At one time they were losing 300 a day to land mines.

@lorirutherford97 Жыл бұрын

Just SOOO EVIL 😭

@onggiao7437 Жыл бұрын

Bạn nên kể lại cho dân Campuchia để họ biết. Chứ bây giờ họ vẫn xem Việt Nam sâm lược họ khi đưa quân vào Campuchia tiêu diệt polpot

@stevenjustice105 8 ай бұрын

The Khmer rouge is the evil.

@bhoward9378 2 жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting video. Having said that... the voice over about a former structure (in Battambang?) being turned into a prison interspersed with photographs from S-21 in Phnom Penh is deceptive. I suggest that the voice-over refer to "Sur Lee" (phonetic, around 43:54) by his actual rank. From earlier in this video, he was a high ranking officer, not a common soldier.

@RJFPme 2 жыл бұрын

What about using those giant Asian forest rats to detect these land mines ? I saw a documentary how sensitive their smell receptors are at detecting explosives even superior to trained scent dogs.

@HansDunkelberg1 2 жыл бұрын

They probably couldn't smell such a long trigger wire. That means, you would have to keep them on a lead which is at least longer than the longest such wire.

@tasmaniandevil7610 Жыл бұрын

The wires are not exploding it’s the gunpowder in the bombs , the rats are an excellent idea saving countless children and mothers and fathers

@ActiveAussie2024 8 ай бұрын

Would they need to be trained to do this? I mean like sniffer dogs or guide dogs for example. Sorry to sound a bit naive, I don't know about rat psychology, lol

@stevenjustice105 8 ай бұрын

Sam Watterson should forget "the killing fields" and watch "at first the killed my father".

@JattFrealzTV Ай бұрын

The history of Cambodia is RICH. The similarities with Indian culture begin to make sense after you read up on it.

@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the late Lady Diana Spencer was doing her part with the Halo trust and then I'm sure the Halo trust is still helping but she was out there helping it's sad when a "royal" is told not to help a certain charity

@HansDunkelberg1 2 жыл бұрын

Who told her she shouldn't do that?

@aidens9261 2 жыл бұрын

So Toui said he was in charge of artillery. That he stepped on a land mine. He has alot of experience with these mines. Then at the end of the video he said he was in the Navy?

@rhyshutchinson1697 2 жыл бұрын

How made this , iv been looking for a video on this all week

@english9o99 Жыл бұрын

These sad story is not yet end it is still continue with former Khmer rouge Hun Sen controlling the country just in a different form. 😢

@lancecahill5486 2 жыл бұрын

The Khmer people are a gentle and peaceful people. Communism, especially the Chinese version, turned some of them into monsters.

@foucault8964 2 жыл бұрын

Extremism turned them into monsters.

@robertosborne8277 2 жыл бұрын

@@foucault8964 with a body count in the millions it takes a real sick **** to minimize it's culpability.

@ObviouslyNotABlackadder 2 жыл бұрын

Pol Pot modelled its concept of total revolution after Mao Zedong. Devastating. Imagine the brain drain.

@saiyendemon5437 Жыл бұрын

No need to explain high school again but thanks.

@PutXi_Whipped Жыл бұрын

You are aware that the US government also supported the Khmer Rouge aren’t you? Of course not. Anticomms are dumb POS

@lorirutherford97 Жыл бұрын

Smiling as talking about murdering land mines 😭

@ajbagniewski4349 2 жыл бұрын

you know you messed up when Vietnam has to Invade your country

@PutXi_Whipped Жыл бұрын

Vietnam is a great country which fought off THREE imperialist powers and also liberated Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge. But keep spouting dumb Cold War propaganda about how USA good, any country we hate bad.

@ajbagniewski4349 Жыл бұрын

@@PutXi_Whipped you know I was showing respect to Vietnam in this comment right? they can tell an Imperialistic land grab but hay American bad all the time 🤨

@huyquang6308 3 ай бұрын

Những kẻ phản bội lại anh em đã giúp đỡ mình thoát khỏi chế độ diệt vong rồi cũng không có kết quả tốt đẹp.

@TheQuocle1234 Жыл бұрын

As a young Vietnamese, I didnt know why Vietnam got involved in this war and succeeded to stop the brutal Khmer rough killings. it turned out for a good reason. however, at the end of the day, Viet Nam was accused of invading Cambodia and none of the accusers know how much painful for Vietnam and its people who have to bear all consequences of this war. Sadly, Cambodian turn more friendly to China who, once supported Khmer rouge to kill its own people.

@ActiveAussie2024 8 ай бұрын

Countries like Vietnam should distance themselves from the USA and China. USA and Chinese people are not evil, but their governments are.

@vasyabazlov1138 7 ай бұрын

Không có gì mà ngạc nhiên. Cũng như Việt Nam bây giờ chơi với Mỹ, nhưng nếu hỏi một người việt thế nào là Nga, chưa chắc họ biết Nga là cái gì mà ở đâu

@benjaminbauer2947 2 жыл бұрын

...yet thrte are times when I am ashamed of being an American soldier..

@fasthracing Жыл бұрын

22:08 is not Khmer Rouge

@aidens9261 2 жыл бұрын

He said he was in artillery then later said he was just in the Navy. He's a P.O.S

@zippahead 2 жыл бұрын

So many killed, wounded or disabled for what?

@lancecahill5486 2 жыл бұрын

Pol Pot wanted to turn Cambodia into a communist paradise.

@HansDunkelberg1 2 жыл бұрын

@@lancecahill5486 You shouldn't forget that the Chinese Nationalists are reported to have committed atrocities in Vietnam, apparently before their Vietnamese Communist adversaries have imitated that by similar attacks against French, and that they have done so in China. If a power like NATO you have to associate with them, via Taiwan, then begins to lay landmines against adversaries of such terrorists, the motifs among victims of such advances do not necessarily have to be overly ideological.

@stevenjustice105 8 ай бұрын

Veal thom is not western Cambodia...northern yes...the Bour village in Batttambang province would be western. Very similar to Issan thailand.

@Russia-bullies 2 жыл бұрын

This is the cost of war. This is the show warmongers don’t want you to see & the show many war gamers don’t want to see. Believe it or not.

@sorcha8916 2 жыл бұрын

✌Peace of the world

@hungle-on4wj Жыл бұрын

1 brutal genocide by polpot with nearly 3 million people both Cambodian and Vietnamese at the border and island. However, many Cambodians now still don't want to understand, they blame Vietnam for invading Cambodia, living after nearly 50 years of peace but they don't understand the value of peace, they don't think and find a way building a rich and strong country, they just go to see a beautiful place in Vietnam and provoke that it is Vietnam taking over their land for example Ho Chi Minh city, Phu Quoc island, they don't understand who is who are enemies, they don't understand to have peace and escape the genocide the blood of Vietnamese soldiers has poured into the river in their country, sadly for such people, Vietnam always wants brothers Like Cambodia, Laos is our friend to keep peace and stability, to build a strong country together.

@420Khatz 2 ай бұрын

That music is godawful lmao

@invinoveritas6859 2 жыл бұрын

Bro'yat krorb meen Oun-Oun !!!!

@PutXi_Whipped Жыл бұрын

Never forget that the US government supported the Khmer Rouge when they were in power and a decade after they were out of power.

@sokun5651 Жыл бұрын

The USA supported Khmer Rouge because of China.

@vntajones 10 ай бұрын

Kissinger is vile

@juliankraus1011 2 ай бұрын

Neve forget majority of aid came from China and they even invaded Vietnam to avenge their allies after they were overthrown.

@remalm3670 2 жыл бұрын

... hey ... it's ALL Good ... it was ALL for 'EQUITY' ... ;-) ...

@lancecahill5486 2 жыл бұрын

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the rest of the Democrats should be sent to Cambodia to learn about the reality of communism and socialism.

@Russia-bullies 2 жыл бұрын

Its better to send Kim Jong-un & the PRC.

@YOU-GET-WHAT-YOU-HAVE 2 жыл бұрын

Communism and socialism are different. Cambodia used to be a socialist country lead by the self abdicated King, but due to the ideological conflict brought by the cold war to nearby countries, especially Vietnam (the Vietnam war), the 2 ideologies spread. Cambodia try it best to stay neutral even joining the non alignment movement created by the Czech. Despite this effort the US disrespect Cambodia's stand by intervening the country political landscape by helping a military coup leader instead of it legitimate leader. Therefore, the king having little choice left, decided to join with the communist, And after the communist took over the country, no one expect them to be so cruel, not even it allies. And this might be a surprise to an American, the US government, out of spite, used to supplied the Khmer rouge (a savage communist group that killed 1/4 of it entire population) when they're fighting with Vietnam (Vietnam won both the Vietnam war and the US semi-backed savage group of communist).

@Peaceisanillusion 2 жыл бұрын

You sound like a fool. Learn the difference in political idealolgies.

@Aotearoa-NZL 2 жыл бұрын

If Hun Sen lost his family members he would know the pain, would have brought those killers into justice soon enough

@brandonheyward8635 2 жыл бұрын

Good old Pol Pot and his Regime

@BPD1586 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Nixon, Kissinger and their cronies.

@ActiveAussie2024 8 ай бұрын

Yes, and also China. China supplied KR with tanks, AK47, and RPG s. Then those Cambodian slave farm workers got none of the foods they were forced to produce at gunpoint: it was mostly sent to China.

@juliankraus1011 2 ай бұрын

@@BPD1586Thanks to Nixon, Kissinger, Vietnam, China, Thailand...