What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 1974 – 2 Apr 1974
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.60° N, 104.17° E
- Description
- 1974 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Kampot
1974 battle of the Cambodian Civil War
The Battle of Kampot was a major military engagement of the Vietnam War, also a part of the Cambodian Civil War, fought between 26 February to 2 April 1974, in which Cambodian Army troops loyal to the Khmer Republic battled Khmer Rouge guerillas for the control of Kampot, the second seaport city of southern Cambodia and capital of Kampot province.
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