Disease was no longer the principal threat to military forces. Prior to World War I, however, advances in technology increased weapon lethality. During the war, the number of casualties from combat wounds began to approach the number of disease and nonbattle injuries. In World War II, for the first time, battle casualties exceeded disease casualties.
Mini Bio (1) Pom Klementieff was born on May 3, 1986 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Old Boy (2013), Hacker's Game (2015) and Loup (2009).
Synopsis. Cambodian communist leader of the Khmer Rouge Pol Pot was born on May 19, 1925 (some sources say 1928) in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. He was suspected of killing thousands of civilians during his reign. Mass graves he commanded his people to dig were often referred to as The Killing Fields..ol Pot-Mini Biography (TV-14; 2:14) A short biography of Pol Pot, the communist leader of Khmer Rouge, who tried to rebuild Cambodia as an Agrarian society. Many civilians were systematically killed, then buried in mass graves, known as The Killing Fields.