Timeline Saturday 17 February 1979

Events on Saturday 17 February 1979 1

• 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War China invades Vietnam over the Cambodia conflict China launched a punitive invasion of Vietnam on 17 February 1979 in response to Vietnam's overthrow of the Khmer Rouge, a Chinese ally. Fighting lasted about a month along the border before Chinese forces withdrew on 16 March 1979, both sides claiming victory. The brief but bloody war caused tens of thousands of casualties.