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Event war East Asia

Cambodian–Vietnamese War

1977 CE – 1991 CE

Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge regime that had killed 1.5–2 million Cambodians in a genocide.

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1978–89 conflict between Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge

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Conflict · East Asia

Cambodian–Vietnamese War

1977 CE – 1991 CE

Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge regime that had killed 1.5–2 million Cambodians in a genocide. The subsequent decade-long occupation fought a guerrilla war against Khmer Rouge remnants until a UN-brokered peace in 1991.

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