@d_versification: The Billion-Dollar Jungle Battle That Time Forgot Vietnam was leaving Cambodia but the war wasn't over. In 1989, the gem-rich frontier town of Pailin became a major battlefield as Khmer Rouge forces challenged Cambodian government troops in the mountains near Thailand. As the last Vietnamese forces withdrew, a new and dangerous phase of the conflict was beginning. #coldwar #KhmerRouge #Cambodia #History #shorts