User talk:Michael011351

While it is known that China's military fared rather poorly in the 1979 offensive, suffering at least 20000 casualties, Vietnam suffered similar losses if not greater as pointed out by the sources above. However, it isn't factually accurate to state a "Vietnamese military victory" as both countries suffered similar losses and the fact that China did eventually make significant inroads into Vietnam after 3 weeks. At best, it was a military stalemate regarding both sides as neither fully accomplished their duties. The outcome can be described as a political victory for China in the sense that Vietnam's ally, the Soviet Union, did not come to intervene on their behalf. The same can be said for a Vietnamese strategic victory as China failed in its ultimate goal of luring Vietnam out of Kampuchea, which was one of the major causes for this war. However, militarily neither side "won" tactically as there were similar casualties losses for both combatants and the fact that the war was less than a month long (far too short in this case for any decisive action).

August 2017

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