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The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a brief conflict that occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge.
The Battle of Laoshan (Chinese: 老山戰役), known in Vietnam as the Battle of Vị Xuyên (Vietnamese: Mặt trận Vị Xuyên) was fought in 1984 between China and Vietnam as part of Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991). It is considered the largest scale engagement involving both countries since the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War. [7]
The Sino-Vietnamese conflicts of 1979–1991 were a series of border and naval clashes between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam following the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979. These clashes lasted from the end of the Sino-Vietnamese War until the normalization of ties in 1991.
Vietnamese soldiers, most of them unarmed, [8] [20] formed a circle on the reef to protect the Vietnamese flag. The Chinese attacked, and the Vietnamese soldiers resisted as best they could. [16] A skirmish ensued in which the Chinese shot and bayoneted some Vietnamese soldiers to death, but the Chinese were unable to capture the flag. [16]
On 14 October 1986, the Lanzhou Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a raid operation called the Project Blue Sword-B (Chinese: 蓝剑-B计划) or the Operation Blue Sword-B (Chinese: 蓝剑-B行动) [2] [1] during the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts to capture several Vietnamese People's Army (VPA) strongholds near Lao Shan.
During its deployment, the corps claimed to have inflicted 500 casualties on the Vietnamese forces and to have captured 18 prisoners of war and 19 artillery pieces. From August 4 to December 9, 1984, 11th Army Corps took part in the Battle of Laoshan. During its deployment, the corps claimed 1,698 killed and one captured.
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The Sino-Vietnamese War was a brief border war between China and Vietnam in early 1979. Sino-Vietnamese War may also refer to: Qin campaign against the Yue tribes (221–214 BC) Han conquest of Nanyue (111 BC) Trung sisters' rebellion (40–43 AD) Lady Triệu Rebellion (248) Lý Nam Đế Rebellion (543) Sui–Former Lý War (602) Mai Thúc ...