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  2. Cambodian campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Cambodian campaign (also known as the Cambodian incursion and the Cambodian liberation) was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia in mid-1970 by South Vietnam and the United States as an expansion of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.

  3. Cambodian conflict (1979–1998) - Wikipedia

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    The United States and the United Kingdom also imposed an embargo on Cambodia, resulting in serious consequences for the economy. [ 17 ] The Thais, who welcomed all refugees, opened the Khao I Dang camp in Sa Kaeo province on November 19, 1979, about ten kilometers from Cambodia where 150,000 people would soon arrive.

  4. Timeline of Cambodian history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of Cambodian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Cambodia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Cambodia .

  5. Third Indochina War - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam counterattacked and in December 1978, NVA troops invaded Cambodia, reaching Phnom Penh in January 1979 and arriving at the Thai border in spring 1979. [ 20 ] [ 5 ] However, as China, the U.S. and the majority of the international community opposed the Vietnamese campaign, the remaining Khmer Rouge managed to permanently settle in the ...

  6. Cambodian humanitarian crisis - Wikipedia

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    In 1979, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge. Vietnam and the Cambodian government it created ruled the country for the next 12 years. The Khmer Rouge and other groups fought a guerrilla war against the Vietnamese occupiers and the Cambodian government.

  7. Cambodian genocide - Wikipedia

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    From 1970 to 1973, a massive United States bombing campaign against the Khmer Rouge devastated rural Cambodia. [48] [49] An earlier U.S. bombing campaign of Cambodia began on 18 March 1969 with Operation Breakfast, but U.S. bombing in Cambodia had commenced years before that. [44]

  8. Military history of Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    In 1955, the United States and Cambodia signed an agreement providing for security assistance. In addition to a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) and military budget support, FARK received US supplies and equipment worth approximately US$83.7 million for eight years until the assistance program was discontinued at Sihanouk's request in ...

  9. List of wars involving Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Post-invasion: CGDK/NGC (1982–1990) Khmer Rouge; KPNLF; FUNCINPEC Thailand (border clashes) Supported by: China Thailand Singapore United Kingdom United States Romania; Victory. Removal of the Khmer Rouge from power. Establishment of People's Republic of Kampuchea. Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia in 1989. 1991 Paris Peace Accords.