battle, Cold War

Battle of Kâmpóng Cham

Name: Battle of Kâmpóng Cham
Location: Kampong Cham, Cambodia

Battle of Kâmpóng Cham was a battle fought in 1973 at Kampong Cham, in what is now Cambodia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kampong Cham. It was part of the Cambodian Civil War, which ran from 1967 to 1975. The recorded result: Khmer Republic victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 5,000.

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Fought1973

WhereKampong Cham, Cambodia11.993N, 105.464E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeKhmer Republic victory

BelligerentsKhmer RepublicagainstKhmer Rouge; North Vietnam

Casualties and losses400 killed (by 14 September)and2,000 killed and wounded (by 14 September)

Part ofCambodian Civil War1967 to 1975

Where it sits in the Cambodian Civil War

3 placed engagements of the Cambodian Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1973 (year precision) to 1973
Place	Kampong Cham, Cambodia 11.993N, 105.464E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	6,000	5,000
Casualties and losses	400 killed (by 14 September)	2,000 killed and wounded (by 14 September); 600 civilians killed (by 14 September)

Placed at Kampong Cham; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Fall of Phnom Penh 1975, 76 km SW
Fall of Phnom Penh 1975, 76 km SW
Battle of Prek Klok I 1967, 98 km SE
Battle of Prek Klok II 1967, 98 km SE
Battle of Suoi Tre 1967, 104 km SE

In the same war

Before: Operation Chenla I 1971
After: Fall of Phnom Penh 12 April 1975
All 3 engagements of Cambodian Civil War

Elsewhere in 1973

Battle of Kâmpóng Cham is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 16 in present-day Cambodia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q138748464, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kâmpóng Cham, revision 1370267610, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.