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| |conflict =Battle of Cam Duong | |||
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| |date =22–25 February 1979 (3 days) | |||
| |place =Cam Duong, ], ] | |||
| |result =Chinese victory<ref name= "Edward C. O'Dowd" /><ref name= "Xiaoming Zhang"/> | |||
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| |combatant1 ={{flagicon|China}} ] | |||
| |combatant2 ={{Flag|Vietnam}} | |||
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| |units1 = 11th Army | |||
| *149th division<ref name= "Xiaoming Zhang">{{cite book | first = | last =Xiaoming Zhang | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Deng Xiaoping's Long War: The Military Conflict between China and Vietnam, 1979-1991 | publisher =University of North Carolina Press | |||
| | date =2015 | location = | pages = 101,102,103 | url =https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=bCQUCAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=vi&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | doi = | isbn =9781469621258 }}</ref> | |||
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| |units2 = 345th Division<br>] | |||
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| The '''Battle of Cam Duong''' was fought during the ], between the Chinese ] and Vietnamese ] forces in the mining town of Cam Duong. From 22–25 February, Chinese forces clashed with the Vietnamese for control over the town, and captured it after the three days of heavy fighting.<ref name= "Edward C. O'Dowd" >{{cite book | first = | last =Edward C. O'Dowd | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Chinese Military Strategy in the Third Indochina War: The Last Maoist War | publisher =Routledge | date =2007 | location =New York | pages = 62 | |||
| | url =https://books.google.com.vn/books?id=Nas6GwFndYoC&printsec=frontcover&hl=vi&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | doi = | isbn =0203088964 }}</ref> | |||
| == Aftermath == | |||
| Following the capture of the town, the Chinese triumphantly declared that they crushed Hanoi's desperate attempt to defend the mining town.<ref name= "Xiaoming Zhang" /> The victory brought the Chinese closer to achieving their objectives in the Lao Cai campaign, which emphasized inflicting significant casualties on Vietnamese forces. According to Chinese records, one-third of the 345th Division was rendered combat-ineffective. The Chinese claimed to have decimated several battalions of the 345th.<ref name= "Xiaoming Zhang" /> | |||
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