Part of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the Cold War
Date
1979–1989
Location
Thai–Cambodian border, Gulf of Thailand
Result
Destruction of numerous guerrilla bases and refugee camps along the Thai–Cambodian border
Isolated outbreaks of open hostility between Vietnamese and Thai troops
Withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from the border in 1989
Belligerents
Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–89) State of Cambodia (1989)
Thailand CGDK[1]
PDK (Khmer Rouge)
KPNLF
FUNCINPEC
Commanders and leaders
Lê Duẩn Trường Chinh Võ Nguyên Giáp
Bhumibol Adulyadej Prem Tinsulanonda Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Son Sann Son Sen
Casualties and losses
~1,000–3,000[citation needed]
~5,500–8,000[citation needed]
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Indochina Wars
Masterdom
First
Second
Laotian Civil War
Cambodian Civil War
Third
Khmer Rouge–Vietnamese
Cambodian Conflict
Cambodian–Thai border
Sino-Vietnamese
Sino-Vietnamese border and naval conflicts
Hmong insurgency
FULRO insurgency against Vietnam
Thai–Laotian Border War
After the 1978 Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and subsequent collapse of Democratic Kampuchea in 1979, the Khmer Rouge fled to the border regions of Thailand, and, with assistance from China, Pol Pot's troops managed to regroup and reorganize in forested and mountainous zones on the Thai-Cambodian border. During the 1980s and early 1990s Khmer Rouge forces operated from inside refugee camps in Thailand, in an attempt to de-stabilize the pro-Hanoi People's Republic of Kampuchea's government, which Thailand refused to recognise. Thailand and Vietnam faced off across the Thai-Cambodian border with frequent Vietnamese incursions and shellings into Thai territory throughout the 1980s in pursuit of Cambodian guerrillas who kept attacking Vietnamese occupation forces.
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Vietnam
People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–89)
State of Cambodia (1989)
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Son Sann
Son Sen