Kampuchean Revolutionary Army

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The Kampuchean Revolutionary Army was the military force of Democratic Kampuchea under the Khmer Rouge regime, known for its role in both internal repression and conflicts such as the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeIn Cambodia ⓘ
allegiance Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RAK ⓘ
Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
associatedWith Khmer Rouge genocide ⓘ
linked to: Cambodian genocide
commandStructure under control of the Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
conflict Cambodian Civil War ⓘ
Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ
Vietnam War spillover in Cambodia ⓘ
country Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
dissolved 1979 ⓘ
established 1975 ⓘ
followedBy Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces ⓘ
governingRegime Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge regime ⓘ
linked to: Khmer Rouge
headquarters Phnom Penh ⓘ
humanRightsRecord widespread atrocities against civilians ⓘ
ideology Khmer Rouge ideology ⓘ
Maoism ⓘ
agrarian socialism ⓘ
languageOfCommand Khmer ⓘ
loyalTo Pol Pot ⓘ
notableLeader Pol Pot (as overall Khmer Rouge leader) ⓘ
linked to: Pol Pot

Son Sen ⓘ
Ta Mok ⓘ
notableOperation border attacks on Vietnam ⓘ
evacuation of Phnom Penh in April 1975 ⓘ
opponent Khmer Republic ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Socialist Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam

Vietnam People's Army ⓘ
forces of the Khmer Republic government ⓘ
partOf Khmer Rouge ⓘ
precededBy National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge guerrilla forces during civil war) ⓘ
recruitment forced conscription ⓘ
mobilization of peasantry ⓘ
role enforcement of Khmer Rouge policies ⓘ
internal repression in Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supportedBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
symbolicColor red ⓘ
timePeriod 1975–1979 ⓘ
type ground forces ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom China ⓘ
Soviet Union (captured or supplied via allies) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union

United States (captured from Khmer Republic stocks) ⓘ

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Cambodian–Vietnamese War → belligerent → Kampuchean Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Khmer Rouge → armedWing → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → militaryWing → National Army of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → alsoKnownAs → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → precededBy → National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge guerrilla forces during civil war) ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Khmer National Armed Forces → replacedBy → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
SS Mayaguez → seizedBy → Cambodian communist forces ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Battle of Koh Tang → belligerent → Democratic Kampuchea forces ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Communist Party of Kampuchea → armedWing → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
RAK → fullName → Kampuchean Revolutionary Army ⓘ
RAK → alternativeName → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
RAK → alternativeName → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea (RAK) ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces → replaced → Khmer Rouge army ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces → precededBy → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
FANK → succeededBy → Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Khmer Rouge naval forces → partOf → Khmer Rouge armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Kampuchean Revolutionary Army