Battle of Cao Bằng (1979) (original) (raw)

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The Battle of Cao Bằng was fought between the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) over the city of Cao Bằng and its vicinity, from the beginning of the Sino-Vietnamese War on 17 February, to 6 March 1979. After the capture of Cao Bằng on 25 February, Chinese forces still had to fight for days to weeks to gain control over other areas in the province against outnumbered Vietnamese defenders. Contrary to the Chinese intention to battle against and defeat some major regular units of the VPA, the PLA found themselves encountering mostly small units of Vietnamese border guards and militia. After the capture of Cao Bằng on 25 February, Chinese forces took Đức Long, a town on Highway 4 on 3 March and connecting the Chinese areas of operations in Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn. They then shortly declared that they had “attained the goals set for them” in the 17‐day border war and withdrew troops from Vietnam on 5 March 1979. (en)

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Unknown

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China
Vietnam

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1979-03-05 (xsd:date)

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Indecisive:
* Chinese capture of Cao Bằng
* Chinese failure in destroying Vietnamese regular forces

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1 regular division (2 divisions after 1 March)
~15,000 militia, regional troops, and border guards.
~84,000–200,000

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A Vietnamese soldier standing on the wreckage of a Chinese tank in the Battle of Cao Bằng (en)

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Unknown (en)

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China (en)
Vietnam (en)

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Battle of Cao Bằng (en)

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0001-02-17 (xsd:gMonthDay)
January 2022 (en)

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300 (xsd:integer)

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the Sino-Vietnamese War (en)

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non-academic source and news article (en)

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Indecisive: * Chinese capture of Cao Bằng * Chinese failure in destroying Vietnamese regular forces (en)

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1 (xsd:integer)
~15,000 militia, regional troops, and border guards. (en)
~84,000–200,000 (en)

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The Battle of Cao Bằng was fought between the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) over the city of Cao Bằng and its vicinity, from the beginning of the Sino-Vietnamese War on 17 February, to 6 March 1979. After the capture of Cao Bằng on 25 February, Chinese forces still had to fight for days to weeks to gain control over other areas in the province against outnumbered Vietnamese defenders. Contrary to the Chinese intention to battle against and defeat some major regular units of the VPA, the PLA found themselves encountering mostly small units of Vietnamese border guards and militia. After the capture of Cao Bằng on 25 February, Chinese forces took Đức Long, a town on Highway 4 on 3 March and connecting the Chinese areas of operations in Cao Bằng and (en)

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Battle of Cao Bằng (1979) (en)

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