The war between Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampucheabegan shortly
after the fall of Saigon. On May 1, 1975, a team of Khmer Rouge soldiers raided
Phu QuocIsland against little or no Vietnamese resistance, and then executed
more than five hundred Vietnamese civilians on Tho ChuIsland. Angered by the
Khmer Rouge's aggression, Hanoilaunched a counter-attack that resulted in the
liberation of those islands by Vietnamese forces. The battle over Phu Quoc was
a cause of concern for the newly-established Socialist Republic of Vietnam as
the country was challenged by a new enemy at a time when relations with the
People's Republic of Chinabegan to deteriorate due to Vietnam's ideological
alignment with the Soviet Union. That concern was further strengthened by the
presence of Chinese advisors to Pol Pot's regime and increasing shipments of
military hardware to Kampuchea's armed forces.
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