The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was a war fought between Kampuchea (present-day Cambodia) and Vietnam[1]. The war had started because of repeated attacks by the Khmer Rouge guerillas into Vietnamese territory, which often caused the massacre of entire villages. On 21 December 1978, after the Khmer Rouge had raided a village on the border, perpetrating the Ba Chúc massacre, murdering almost all 3,000 Vietnamese civilians, Vietnam decided to launch a full-scale invasion of Kampuchea, which the aim of overthrowing the Khmer Rouge forces of Pol Pot. Less than 2 weeks later, the Vietnamese army entered Phnom Penh, establishing a new government made up of Khmer Rouge defectors. In response to the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, China invaded Vietnam. As a response to the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, Vietnam managed to stop the Cambodian genocide, which caused the deaths of between 1.5 million and 3 million people, approximately 25 percent of the country's population.
Cambodian - Vietnamese War | |||||||
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Part of the Third Indochina War, Cold War and the Sino-Soviet split | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Democratic Kampuchea
(1978 - 82)
China United States |
Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979 - 89) State of Cambodia (1989 - 91) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pol Pot Khieu Samphan Ieng Sary Nuon Chea Ta Mok Son Sen Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Ranariddh Son Sann Dien Del Ronald Reagan Bhumibol Adulyadej Prem Tinsulanonda Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Deng Xiaoping |
Lê Duẩn Trường Chinh Nguyễn Văn Linh Võ Nguyên Giáp Heng Samrin Hun Sen Pen Sovan Chan Sy Chea Sim | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1979: 73,000 1989: 30,000 | 150,000 - 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
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200,000+ Cambodian civilians killed |
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