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A small war that mattered – 40 years since the Damansky Island tragedy

Published: 12 March, 2009, 12:37


Vladimir Kremlev for RT

Technically, the Damansky conflict was a local two-episode frontier engagement between Chinese and Soviet soldiers on March 2 and March 15, 1969. Statistically, it was, for the lack of a better term, small.

 
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