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Cambodian–Vietnamese War Part of the Third Indochina War, the Cold War in Asia, and the Sino-Soviet split Vietnamese soldiers entering Phnom Penh in January 1979 Date 21 December 1978 – 23 October 1991 (14 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, eastern Thailand Result Vietnamese victory Khmer Rouge removed from power and collapse of Democratic Kampuchea ...
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 conflict lasted for about a month, with China ...
Fearing that Vietnam would attack Cambodia, Pol Pot ordered a pre-emptive invasion of Vietnam on 18 April 1978. His Khmer Rouge forces crossed the border and looted nearby villages, mostly in the border town of Ba Chúc. Of the 3,157 civilians who had lived in Ba Chúc, [105] only two survived the massacre. These Khmer Rouge forces were ...
After communist North Vietnam took over the South in 1975 and Vietnam was re-unified under communism in 1976, as a result of the Khmer Rouge's border provocation and later the Cambodian–Vietnamese War 1978-79, Vietnam invaded and overthrew the Khmer Rouge, occupied Cambodia until 1989, and helped the foundation of client state People's ...
With relations deteriorating numerous skirmishes occurred along the border, with Vietnam eventually invading Cambodia in 1978 and ousting the Khmer Rouge by the Vietnamese Army on 7 January 1979. [4] Discussions on the border thereafter reconvened in 1983, with both sides in 1985 pledging to recognise the border as it was at independence. [ 4 ]
On December 25, 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and soon took over most of the country, establishing a pro-Vietnamese government to rule Cambodia, which they called the People's Republic of Kampuchea. Tens of thousands of Cambodians were killed in the invasion or executed by the new government. [12]
Armed border clashes between Cambodia and Vietnam soon flared up and escalated as Khmer Rouge forces advanced deep into Vietnamese territory and raided villages, killing hundreds of civilians. Vietnam counterattacked and in December 1978, NVA troops invaded Cambodia, reaching Phnom Penh in January 1979 and arriving at the Thai border in spring ...
At approximately the same time, villages in Vietnam's border areas underwent renewed attacks. In turn, Vietnam launched air strikes against Cambodia. From 18 to 30 April 1978, Cambodian troops, after invading the Vietnamese province of An Giang, carried out the Ba Chúc massacre causing 3,157 civilian deaths in the province of Tây Ninh ...