RE: It lasted ten years? Dsng, I thought it was less than a year.
It was a border war fought between the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in early 1979. China launched an offensive in response to Vietnam’s actions against the Khmer Rouge in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. Both China and Vietnam claimed victory in the last of the Indochina Wars.
OK, here’s the story.... Chinese forces entered northern Vietnam and captured several cities near the border. On March 1979, China declared that the gate to Hanoi was open and that their punitive mission had been achieved.
Chinese troops then withdrew from Vietnam. As Vietnamese troops remained in Cambodia until 1989, China was unsuccessful in its goal of dissuading Vietnam from involvement in Cambodia. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Sino-Vietnamese border was finalized.
I was told the Chinese got their butts kicked in that skirmish. There’s more. We never gave V. Nam the $4 billion Kissinger promised. Viets were not forthcoming on the POW issue. We could give it to them now. What would they do with the money? Buy arms.
I was told the Chinese got their butts kicked in that skirmish. There’s more. We never gave V. Nam the $4 billion Kissinger promised. Viets were not forthcoming on the POW issue. We could give it to them now. What would they do with the money? Buy arms.