Vietnam: Map showing Chinese invasion routes of Vietnam, Third Indochina War, 1979. The Sino-Vietnamese War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh biên giới Việt-Trung), also known as the Third Indochina War, known in the PRC as 对越自卫反击战 (Counterattack against Vietnam in Self-Defense) and in Vietnam as Chiến tranh chống bành trướng Trung Hoa (War against Chinese expansionism), was a brief but bloody border war fought in 1979 between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The PRC launched the offensive in response to Vietnam's 1978 invasion and occupation of Cambodia.

Vietnam: Map showing Chinese invasion routes of Vietnam, Third Indochina War, 1979.  The Sino-Vietnamese War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh biên giới Việt-Trung), also known as the Third Indochina War, known in the PRC as 对越自卫反击战 (Counterattack against Vietnam in Self-Defense) and in Vietnam as Chiến tranh chống bành trướng Trung Hoa (War against Chinese expansionism), was a brief but bloody border war fought in 1979 between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.  The PRC launched the offensive in response to Vietnam's 1978 invasion and occupation of Cambodia. Stock Photo
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5524 x 3168 px | 46.8 x 26.8 cm | 18.4 x 10.6 inches | 300dpi

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21 October 2011

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