Vietnamese Full Scale Invasion of Cambodia
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On 25 December 1978, Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Kampuchea (Cambodia), and subsequently occupied the country and removed the Khmer Rouge from power.
Chronology
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December 1978: The columns of the People's Army of Vietnam (EPV) invested the city of Takeo.
December 1978: On December 25, 1978, the Vietnamese People's Army, led by General Van Tien Dung, launched a decisive push to capture the territory of Kratie in Cambodia. The military operation involved 150,000 troops supported by artillery and aerial bombardment, resulting in the successful occupation of Kratie.
January 1979: Stung Treng fell to the Vietnamese.
January 1979: In 1979, during the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, Kampot was captured by Vietnamese forces after two weeks of fighting and an amphibious landing of Vietnamese marines. The city fell under the military occupation of Vietnam.
January 1979: Vietnamese artillery opened fire on the capital, which was promptly abandoned by the Cambodians: on January 7, the Vietnamese entered the abandoned city.
January 1979: On the coast, an amphibious landing by Vietnamese marines led to the occupation of Koh Kong.
April 1979: In March 1979, the Vietnamese moved some Laotian units to garrison Stung Treng and airlifted three divisions to western Cambodia for a massive sweep of the main Khmer Rouge refuges: for two months there was hard fighting near Pailin, Poipet and in the northern area of the Cardamom mountains, but although the Vietnamese inflicted heavy losses on their opponents, the guerrillas were not eradicated.
September 1989: The Hanoi government officially announced its complete withdrawal from Cambodia.
January 1979: In 1979, during the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, Kampong Cham's last defenders, led by Lon Nol and Pol Pot, were defeated by the Vietnamese military. This marked the beginning of Vietnam's military occupation of the territory.
January 1979: An armored column of the EPV occupied Siem Reap, the main center of western Cambodia, on 11 January 1979.
January 1979: The border with Thailand was reached by the advancing forces of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.
January 1979: With the approval of the Vietnamese, FUNSK proclaimed the birth of the People's Republic of Kampuchea.
January 1979: The Vietnamese pushed overland to Kampong Som.
January 1979: An amphibious operation led to the capture of Ream and nearby islands on January 11, 1979.
