Cambodian–Vietnamese War

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The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was a late-1970s conflict in which Vietnam invaded Cambodia, overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime, and installed a new government, leading to prolonged regional instability and international tensions during the Cold War.


Statements (54)
Predicate Object
instanceOf interstate conflict
war
aftermath demobilization of Cambodian factions
deployment of United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
restoration of the Kingdom of Cambodia
alsoKnownAs Third Indochina War
belligerent Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Democratic Kampuchea
FUNCINPEC resistance forces
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Khmer People's National Liberation Front
Khmer Rouge
People's Army of Vietnam
People's Republic of Kampuchea
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
cause Khmer Rouge attacks on Vietnamese villages
border clashes between Cambodia and Vietnam
ideological conflict between Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese communists
regional power rivalry between China and Vietnam
conflictType invasion
proxy war
endDate 1991
historicalPeriod 1980s
late 1970s
keyEvent Paris Peace Agreements of 1991
Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978
capture of Phnom Penh by Vietnamese forces in January 1979
continued guerrilla warfare along the Thai–Cambodian border
proclamation of the People's Republic of Kampuchea in January 1979
location Cambodia
Vietnam
opposedBy ASEAN
China
United States
Western countries at the United Nations
partOf Cold War
peakPhase 1978–1979
region Southeast Asia
result Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979
United Nations peace process in Cambodia
Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia
establishment of the People's Republic of Kampuchea
increased Sino-Vietnamese tensions
international isolation of Vietnam
overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime
prolonged Cambodian civil conflict
refugee crisis in Southeast Asia
startDate 1977
supporter ASEAN states
China
Eastern Bloc
Soviet Union
Thailand
United States

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Khmer Rouge
Royal Thai Air Force ("Cambodian–Vietnamese War (border incidents)")
conflict
Cambodian Civil War
Vietnam War
followedBy
Cambodian–Vietnamese War ("Third Indochina War")
alsoKnownAs
Sino-Vietnamese War ("Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978")
cause
Cambodian–Vietnamese War ("Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978")
keyEvent
Khmer Rouge ("Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia")
overthrownBy
Cambodian–Vietnamese War ("Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia")
result

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