1979 ⟶ Vietnam Installs Pro-Soviet Government in Cambodia
Vietnam deposes the Khmer Rouge and installs a pro-Vietnam, ...
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🇰🇭 Khmer Rouge Takes Power in Cambodia
The communist Khmer Rouge, under the leadership of Pol Pot, take power in Cambodia. Beginning of the Cambodian genocide.⟶
CambodiaKhmer RougePol PotGenocideAsiaCommunismCivil WarCold War
🤝 Soviet and Cuban Support for Angolan Communist Government
Soviet and Cuban forces install a communist government in Angola.⟶
AngolaCubaSoviet UnionCold WarProxy WarAfricaCommunismIntervention
🇦🇫 Pro-Communist Coup in Afghanistan
President of Afghanistan Sardar Mohammed Daoud's government is overthrown when he is murdered in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.⟶
AfghanistancoupcommunismCold WarSoviet Unionpolitical instability
🇻🇳 Communist Regime in Afghanistan; Vietnam Invades Cambodia
A communist regime is installed in Afghanistan. Vietnam invades Cambodia.⟶
AfghanistanCambodiaVietnamcommunismCold WarinvasionSoviet Unionproxy war
🇰🇭 Vietnam Installs Pro-Soviet Government in Cambodia
Vietnam deposes the Khmer Rouge and installs a pro-Vietnam, pro-Soviet government known as the People's Republic of Kampuchea.⟶
CambodiaVietnamKhmer RougeinvasionCold Warproxy warcommunismSoviet Union
🇷🇺 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan to oust Hafizullah Amin, beginning the Soviet–Afghan War and resulting in the end of Détente.⟶
AfghanistanSoviet UnionInvasionWarCold WarProxy WarDétenteMujahideenGeopolitics