The 200,000 Vietnamese troops supporting the PRK, as well as Khmer Rouge defectors, had ousted the brutal Democratic Kampuchea regime of Pol Pot, and were initially welcomed by the majority of Cambodians as liberators.
200,000 pasukan Vietnam pendukung RRK, serta para pengungsi Khmer Merah, diusir dari rezim Kamboja Demokratik brutal yang dipimpin Pol Pot, dan awalnya disambut oleh kebanyakan orang Kamboja sebagai pembebas.