Sino-Vietnamese War

Sino-Vietnamese War
	Part of the Third Indochina War, the Sino-Soviet split and the Cold War in Asia
	; Map of Northern Vietnam and Chinese border during the war.
Date	17 February – 16 March 1979; (3 weeks and 6 days)
Location	China, Northern Vietnam
Result	Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
China	Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Hua Guofeng; (CCP Chairman, Premier); Deng Xiaoping; (PLA Chief of Staff); Ye Jianying; (National Congress Chairman); Xu Xiangqian; (Defense Minister); Yang Dezhi; (Commander of the Kunming Military Region); Xu Shiyou; (Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region);	Lê Duẩn; (General Secretary); Võ Nguyên Giáp; (Defence Minister); Tôn Đức Thắng; (President); Văn Tiến Dũng; (Commander in Chief); Đàm Quang Trung; (Commander of the First Military Region); Vũ Lập; (Commander of the Second Military Region);
Strength
Chinese data:; 200,000 soldiers; 400–550 tanks and 60 APCs; Vietnamese data:; 600,000 soldiers;	70,000–100,000 soldiers; 150,000 irregulars and militia;
Casualties and losses
Chinese data:; 6,954 killed (other sources 8,531 killed); 14,800 – 21,000 wounded; 238 captured; 76 tanks/APCs destroyed, 533 damaged; Vietnamese data:; 62,000 casualties, including 26,000 deaths; 420 tanks/APCs destroyed; 66 heavy mortars and guns destroyed; Western estimate:; 26,000 killed; 37,000 wounded; 260 captured	Vietnamese data:; 7,000 soldiers killed or missing; 10,000 civilians were killed; Chinese data:; 42,000–57,000 soldiers killed; 70,000 militia killed; 1,636 captured; 185 tanks/APCs destroyed; 200 heavy mortars and guns destroyed; 6 missile launchers destroyed; Western estimate:; 30,000 killed; 32,000 wounded; 1,638 captured;

The Sino-Vietnamese War was a war fought between China and Vietnam from 17 February 1979 to 16 March 1979. It was a brief border war fought between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in early 1979.^[14]

Related pages

Political problems of China

References

1 2 3 Zhang, Xiaoming (December 2005). "China's 1979 War with Vietnam: A Reassessment". The China Quarterly. 184 (184): 851–874. doi:10.1017/S0305741005000536. ISSN 0305-7410. JSTOR 20192542. Existing scholarship tends towards an estimate of as many as 25,000 PLA killed in action and another 37,000 wounded. Recently available Chinese sources categorize the PLA's losses as 6,594 dead and approximately 31,000 injured, giving a total of 24,000 casualties from an invasion force of 200,000.
1 2 Nga, Đỗ Thu. "Trung Quốc – đi hùng hổ, về ê chê ở CT biên giới 1979: Nhìn số lượng và thiệt hại về xe tăng là biết". songdep.com.vn (in Vietnamese). Sống Đẹp. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
↑ Copper 2009, p. 71.
↑ King V. Chen (1987): China's War With Việt Nam, 1979. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, page 103
1 2 3 China at War: An Encyclopedia, p. 413, at Google Books
1 2 对越自卫反击作战工作总结 [Work summary on self-defensive counter strike operations against Vietnam (1979–1987)], The rear services of Chinese Kunming Military Region
↑ Howard, Russell D. (September 1999). "USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy" (PDF). Regional Security Series. INSS Occasional Paper. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
1 2 Tonnesson, Bởi Stein (2010). Vietnam 1946: How the War Began. University of California Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780520256026.
1 2 Chan, Gerald (1989). China and international organizations: participation in non-governmental organizations since 1971 (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0195827384. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
1 2 Military Law Review, Volumes 119–122. Vol. 119. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 1988. p. 72. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 King C. Chen (1983). "China's war against Vietnam, 1979: a military analysis". Journal of East Asian Affairs. 3 (1). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
↑ Chen, King C. (1987). China's War with Vietnam, 1979: Issues, Decisions, and Implications. Hoover Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780817985738. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
↑ Vẫn còn 4.000 hài cốt liệt sĩ dọc biên giới phía Bắc chưa thể tìm kiếm
↑ Roblin, Sebastien (12 December 2020). "The Sino-Vietnamese War: This 1979 Conflict Forever Changed Asia". The National Interest. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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[:4-1] 1 2 3 Zhang, Xiaoming (December 2005). "China's 1979 War with Vietnam: A Reassessment". The China Quarterly. 184 (184): 851–874. doi:10.1017/S0305741005000536. ISSN 0305-7410. JSTOR 20192542. Existing scholarship tends towards an estimate of as many as 25,000 PLA killed in action and another 37,000 wounded. Recently available Chinese sources categorize the PLA's losses as 6,594 dead and approximately 31,000 injured, giving a total of 24,000 casualties from an invasion force of 200,000.

[song-2] 1 2 Nga, Đỗ Thu. "Trung Quốc – đi hùng hổ, về ê chê ở CT biên giới 1979: Nhìn số lượng và thiệt hại về xe tăng là biết". songdep.com.vn (in Vietnamese). Sống Đẹp. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[FOOTNOTECopper200971-3] Copper 2009, p. 71.

[4] King V. Chen (1987): China's War With Việt Nam, 1979. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, page 103

[China-5] 1 2 3 China at War: An Encyclopedia, p. 413, at Google Books

[mil.chinaiiss.org-6] 1 2 对越自卫反击作战工作总结 [Work summary on self-defensive counter strike operations against Vietnam (1979–1987)], The rear services of Chinese Kunming Military Region

[7] Howard, Russell D. (September 1999). "USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy" (PDF). Regional Security Series. INSS Occasional Paper. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[Tonnesson-8] 1 2 Tonnesson, Bởi Stein (2010). Vietnam 1946: How the War Began. University of California Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780520256026.

[Chan-9] 1 2 Chan, Gerald (1989). China and international organizations: participation in non-governmental organizations since 1971 (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0195827384. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

[Military_Law_Review-10] 1 2 Military Law Review, Volumes 119–122. Vol. 119. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 1988. p. 72. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

[digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu-11] 1 2 3 4 5 King C. Chen (1983). "China's war against Vietnam, 1979: a military analysis". Journal of East Asian Affairs. 3 (1). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[China's_War_with_Vietnam,_1979:_Issues,_Decisions,_and_Implications-12] Chen, King C. (1987). China's War with Vietnam, 1979: Issues, Decisions, and Implications. Hoover Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780817985738. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

[13] Vẫn còn 4.000 hài cốt liệt sĩ dọc biên giới phía Bắc chưa thể tìm kiếm

[14] Roblin, Sebastien (12 December 2020). "The Sino-Vietnamese War: This 1979 Conflict Forever Changed Asia". The National Interest. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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