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The Ba Chúc massacre (Vietnamese: Thảm sát Ba Chúc) was the mass killing of 3,157 civilians in Ba Chúc, An Giang Province, Vietnam, by the Kampuchea Revolutionary Army (Khmer Rouge) from April 18 to 30, 1978. It was a spillover of the Cambodian genocide which also targeted Vietnamese people mainly in Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge took the ...
On 25 December 1978, Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Kampuchea, occupying the country in two weeks and removing the government of the Communist Party of Kampuchea from power. In doing so, Vietnam put an ultimate stop to the Cambodian genocide , which had most likely killed between 1.2 million and 2.8 million people—or between 13 and ...
After numerous clashes along the border between Vietnam and Cambodia, and with encouragement from Khmer Rouge defectors fleeing purges of the Eastern Zone, Vietnam invaded Cambodia on 25 December 1978. By 7 January 1979, Vietnamese forces had entered Phnom Penh and the Khmer Rouge leadership had fled to western Cambodia.
Jane Fonda is an icon to many while for others, she remains an enemy of the U.S. The latter take goes back to her protests during Vietnam War, and, more specifically, a photo that she recently ...
During the Vietnam War, 30% of wounded service members died of their wounds. [92] Around 30–35% of American deaths in the war were non-combat or friendly fire deaths; the largest causes of death in the U.S. armed forces were small arms fire (31.8%), booby traps including mines and frags (27.4%), and aircraft crashes (14.7%). [93]
Victim’s leg was crushed following fall on treacherous cliff face
South Vietnam 103 Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam: Shelling of Highway 1: April 24–Sep 28, 1972 Highway 1, between Quảng Trị and Huế, South Vietnam 2800 People's Army of Vietnam: Shelling of Cai Lay schoolyard: August 30, 1973 Cai Lậy District, Định Tường province: 32 killed Viet Cong: Re-education camps [8] 1945–1987 ...
From Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy, we've got 12 meals that prisoners on death row ordered as their last meal. While fried chicken seemed to be a popular menu choice, others have the most simple ...