Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokutora masimba uye kuzvidzivirira kubva kuVietnamese, mutungamiri weChina weKhmer Rouge Pol Pot akauraya 1.5 kusvika ku2 mamiriyoni eCambodia muminda yekuuraya, inenge chikamu chimwe muzvina chevanhu veCambodia (chiitiko chinowanzozivikanwa seCambodian genocide). Martin Shaw akarondedzera utsinye uhwu so"kuparadza rudzi kwakachena zvikurusa kwenhambo yeHondo Yemashoko". Ichitsigirwa neKampuchean United Front for National Salvation, sangano reKhmer pro-Soviet Communists neKhmer Rouge vapanduki vaitungamirirwa naHeng Samrin, Vietnam yakapinda muCambodia musi wa22 December 1978. Nhamba
kupinda kwakanga kwabudirira mukubvisa Pol Pot pachigaro, asi nyika itsva yaizotamburira kuwana zivikanwo yamarudzi ose kunze kwenzvimbo yeSoviet Bloc. Pasinei zvapo nokunyunyuta kwokutanga kwamarudzi ose pamusoro pokuputsa kwakakomba kodzero dzavanhu kwehurumende yaPol Pot, vamiriri veKhmer Rouge vakabvumirwa kugara muGeneral Assembly yeUN, vachitsigirwa zvakasimba neChina, masimba okuMadokero, uye nyika dziri mitezo yeASEAN. Cambodia yaizopinda muhondo yechikwata inotungamirirwa kubva mumisasa yevapoteri iri pamuganhu neThailand. Pashure pokuparadzwa kweKhmer Rouge, kuvakazve nyika yeCambodia kwaizokanganiswa zvikuru, uye Vietnam yaizotambura chirango chokurwiswa neChina.