Cambodian-Vietnamese War
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Was an armed conflict between Democratic Kampuchea, controlled by the Khmer Rouge, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Chronology
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Minor territorial invasions during the Cambodian-Vietnamese War of 1978-1989.
April 1977: In 1977, Cambodian troops led by the Khmer Rouge crossed into Vietnam and attacked the province of An Giang and the city of Chau Doc.
January 1978: The advancing Vietnamese units were located only 38 km from the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
February 1978: A large part of the Vietnamese occupied territory was liberated by the Cambodian departments by early February.
May 1977: The Vietnamese People's Army (Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam or EPV) responded by massing troops on the Cambodian border, and in early May, three Vietnamese divisions crossed the border between Cambodia and Laos, penetrating 16 km into Ratanakiri province.
June 1977: Vietnamese forces leave the Ratanakiri province.
May 1977: The Khmer Rouge leave An Giang and the city of Chau Doc.
September 1977: Six Cambodian divisions trespassed ten kilometers into Tay Ninh province.
April 1978: The two Cambodian divisions were under the command of the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot. The massacre at Ba Chúc was part of the ongoing conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam, stemming from border disputes and political tensions between the two countries.
May 1978: The two Cambodian divisions were part of the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot. The massacre in Ba Chúc was part of the ongoing conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam, which eventually led to the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978.
June 1978: Vietnamese occupation of Suong and Prey Veng.
July 1978: In June, after repeated airstrikes that resulted in several Cambodian casualties, a Vietnamese combat group re-invaded eastern Cambodia and took the towns of Suong and Prey Veng by the end of the month.
November 1977: A Cambodian counter-offensive drove the Vietnamese back across the border.
September 1977: A Vietnamese division supported by armor and aviation retook lost ground in Tay Ninh province.
September 1977: Vietnamese forces crossed for 20 km into Cambodian territory.
September 1977: One Vietnamese division pushed as far as the town of Mimot.
January 1978: The main Cambodian units deployed east of the Mekong were routed with heavy losses.
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.
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.
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: 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: An amphibious operation led to the capture of Ream and nearby islands on January 11, 1979.
December 1978: The columns of the People's Army of Vietnam (EPV) invested the city of Takeo.
January 1979: Stung Treng fell to the Vietnamese.
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.
The Khmers, although defeated by the Vietnamese forces in the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, continued to fight through guerrlla tactics in northern Cambodia. The Paris Peace Agreement of 1991 ended the war.
April 1979: March 1979 - October 23, 1991: The Khmer Rouge continued fighting in northern Cambodia using guerrilla tactics. On October 23, 1991, the various Cambodian antagonists signed the Paris peace accords, concluding the conflict and opening a phase of stability and peace in Cambodia.
