#OTD #TDIH #March16, 1979: #SinoVietnameseWar ends as the Chinese #PeoplesLiberationArmy retreats from #Vietnam to #China.
#ThirdIndochinaWar #CambodianVietnameseWar #KhmerRouge #KillingFields #Genocide #Cambodia #Kampuchea #WarSky
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1979 #PhnomPenh fell to Vietnamese troops intent on toppling #PolPot & the #KhmerRouge in the #ThirdIndochinaWar. The Cambodian/Kampuchean dictatorship killed between 1.5 & 2 million people in the #CambodianGenocide/#Democide, ~60% due to direct execution.
#OTD #TDIH #March16, 1979: #SinoVietnameseWar ends as the Chinese #PeoplesLiberationArmy retreats from #Vietnam to #China.
#ThirdIndochinaWar #CambodianVietnameseWar #KhmerRouge #KillingFields #Genocide #Cambodia #Kampuchea
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