✦ History

Third Indochina War

May 1, 1975 – October 23, 1991

Result 1991 Paris Peace Accords

Ended by 1991 Paris Peace Agreements

A series of wars followed the Vietnam War, including the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, the Sino-Vietnamese War, and border conflicts with Thailand. They ended with the Paris Peace Accords on Cambodia in 1991.

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Battles and events 3

December 2, 1975
Insurgency in Laos
December 21, 1978 – September 26, 1989
Cambodian–Vietnamese War 1991 Paris Peace Accords Cambodia Pol Pot, Lê Duẩn, Khieu Samphan
February 17 – March 16, 1979
Sino-Vietnamese War Status quo ante bellum, both sides claim victory Sino-Vietnamese border Deng Xiaoping, Lê Duẩn, Hua Guofeng

Key commanders

Democratic Kampuchea 8

Pol Pot belligerent leader Khieu Samphan belligerent leader Nuon Chea belligerent leader Norodom Ranariddh belligerent leader Son Sann belligerent leader Norodom Sihanouk belligerent leader In Tam belligerent leader Ieng Sary military commander

Vietnam 10

Lê Duẩn belligerent leader Pen Sovan belligerent leader Hun Sen belligerent leader Le Duc Anh belligerent leader Vo Chi Cong belligerent leader Trường Chinh belligerent leader Võ Nguyên Giáp belligerent leader Văn Tiến Dũng belligerent leader Nguyen Van Linh military commander Tôn Đức Thắng belligerent leader

People's Republic of China 6

Deng Xiaoping Hua Guofeng belligerent leader Xu Xiangqian belligerent leader Ye Jianying belligerent leader Yang Dezhi belligerent leader Xu Shiyou belligerent leader

Western Bloc 12

Deng Xiaoping belligerent leader Pol Pot belligerent leader Hua Guofeng belligerent leader Khieu Samphan belligerent leader Son Sann belligerent leader Norodom Sihanouk belligerent leader Kriangsak Chamanan belligerent leader Xu Xiangqian belligerent leader Ye Jianying belligerent leader Yang Dezhi belligerent leader Xu Shiyou belligerent leader Zhang Aiping military commander

Eastern Bloc 14

Souphanouvong belligerent leader Lê Duẩn belligerent leader Chan Sy belligerent leader Hun Sen belligerent leader Kaysone Phomvihane belligerent leader Khamtai Siphandone belligerent leader Le Duc Anh belligerent leader Trường Chinh belligerent leader Võ Nguyên Giáp military commander Văn Tiến Dũng military commander Nguyễn Hữu An belligerent leader Hoàng Cầm belligerent leader Lê Trọng Tấn military commander Nguyen Van Linh military commander