Armed forces People's Republic of Kampuchea

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kpraf fin flash (1979 1989)



cpaf fin flash (1989 1993)


the regular armed forces of people s republic of kampuchea kampuchean people s revolutionary armed forces (kpraf). these needed project internationally image of new pro-hanoi administration in phnom penh legitimate sovereign state. raising such indigenous force not difficult vietnamese occupiers @ time, because vietnamese had experience training , co-ordinating army in neighbouring laos.


the kpraf formed militias, former khmer rouge members, , conscripts. kpraf troops trained , supplied vietnamese armed forces. owing lack of proper training , weapons, meagre salaries , mass desertions, fledgling kpraf not effective fighting force , bulk of fighting against cgdk forces left in end army of occupiers, vietnam people s army.


the khmer rouge forced vietnamese employ guerrilla warfare 1 of tactics. years went vietnamese suffered damaging casualties, , persistent civil war debilitated cambodia , hampered reconstruction efforts. khmer rouge gained confidence keep swiping away vietnamese armies, , vietnamese found out how easy become prey rather predator. in fact books have called vietnam s vietnam war .


the kpraf answerable 2 organisations below council of state, namely, ministry of national defense , general staff. veterans eastern zone revolution, kampong cham, svay rieng, people had been educated in vietnam after 1954 geneva conference held important positions in ministry of national defense. control of kpraf military establishment , adherence political orthodoxy of kampuchean (or khmer) people s revolutionary party (kprp) ensured party network, superimposed upon national defence structure, extended downward units @ echelons.


the kpraf developed system of military justice, military tribunals, network of military prisons.


in 1989 began transition culminated in 1991 paris peace agreements. after name of people s republic of kampuchea had been officially changed state of cambodia (soc), kpraf renamed cambodian people s armed forces (cpaf). following 1993 elections cpaf absorbed new national army of royalist, nationalist , cpaf troops.








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