https://cne.wtf/2018/10/08/remembering- ... ne-legacy/As the 1980’s dawned, the cold war was pouring down heat across the globe. Soviet troops were fighting an unwinnable war in Afghanistan, Russian backed Vietnam had sent troops to support what was seen by the west as an occupying force propping up a puppet regime in Cambodia. China briefly invaded northern Vietnam in response. Reaganism and the anti-communist agenda began to renew confidence in a US military still reeling from the loss of almost 60,000 personnel from the Indo-China conflict. Dollar diplomacy saw covert funds flowing to militias in South America, as East and West faced each other off across the central European plains and vicious bush wars of ideologies raged in sub-Saharan Africa.
As the world engaged in bloody proxy conflicts, on 19th July 1984, in western Cambodia, an ambitious and arguably impossible plan was set into motion, the repercussions of which are still being felt over three decades later. This was to be known as the K5 plan, sometimes referred to as the bamboo curtain......
Article on K5 Plan and VN occupation
Article on K5 Plan and VN occupation
Massive stalker
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
-
Plan B - where do Expats move next ?
by Expatissimo » Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:50 pm » in Cambodia Speakeasy - 128 Replies
- 20105 Views
-
Last post by Wrong
Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:01 am
-
-
-
Manilla raves in the 90's. (Article)
by FishHead Phil » Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:54 am » in 'Not' Cambodia - 0 Replies
- 1461 Views
-
Last post by FishHead Phil
Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:54 am
-
-
- 0 Replies
- 2532 Views
-
Last post by NotABogan
Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:42 pm
-
-
Go to south-east Asia, young one. (Article).
by FishHead Phil » Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:30 am » in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Lao forums - 0 Replies
- 1517 Views
-
Last post by FishHead Phil
Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:30 am
-