✦ History

Part of Cambodian–Vietnamese War

Vietnamese border raids in Thailand

1979

Result Status quo ante bellum

Vietnamese forces fighting the Khmer Rouge and other Cambodian resistance groups often crossed into Thailand. They clashed with Thai troops during the 1980s.

Contemporaries

Vietnam

Democratic Kampuchea

Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Khmer Rouge
Lê Duẩn military commander Hun Sen military commander Trường Chinh military commander Võ Nguyên Giáp military commander
Pol Pot military commander Khieu Samphan military commander Nuon Chea military commander Norodom Ranariddh military commander Son Sann military commander Norodom Sihanouk belligerent leader Bhumibol Adulyadej military commander Prem Tinsulanonda military commander
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Chawalit Yongchaiyut military commander

Strength and losses

Cambodia Killed c. 10,000–15,000

Thailand Killed 422

Units

Royal Thai Army 9th Infantry Division (Thailand) 902 Infantry Brigade Royal Thai Navy Royal Thai Air Force

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