Battle of Fakashan

Battle of Fakashan
Part of the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
Date5 May – 7 June 1981
(1 month and 2 days)
Location
Fakashan on the China–Vietnam border near Guangxi and Lạng Sơn
Result Chinese victory
Territorial
changes
China gains control of Fakashan
Belligerents
China China Vietnam Vietnam
Units involved

3rd Border Defense Division

  • 9th Regiment

327th Division

  • 52nd Regiment
Casualties and losses
  • Chinese claims:
  • Several Hundred[1]
  • Chinese claims:[1][2]
  • 731 killed
  • 556 wounded

The Battle of Fakashan (Chinese: 法卡山戰役), also known as the Battle of Hill 400, was fought in 1981 between China and Vietnam as part of the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991).

  1. ^ a b O'Dowd 2007, p. 94.
  2. ^ Zhang 2015, p. 147.