Laotian Civil War

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Cold War conflict civil war proxy war

The Laotian Civil War was a Cold War-era conflict in Laos involving royalist, communist, and ethnic Hmong forces, heavily influenced and covertly supported by the United States and North Vietnam as part of the broader Indochina wars.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Laotian Civil War canonical 34
Cold War in Laos 1
Communist insurgency in Laos 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
proxy war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Secret War ⓘ
Secret War in Laos ⓘ
cause North Vietnamese support for Pathet Lao ⓘ
U.S. containment policy in Southeast Asia ⓘ
spillover of Vietnam War ⓘ
struggle between royalists and communists in Laos ⓘ
conflictIn Laos ⓘ
endedWith communist takeover of Vientiane in 1975 ⓘ
endTime 1975 ⓘ
hasEffect heavy bombing of Laotian territory ⓘ
large-scale displacement of Hmong population ⓘ
long-term unexploded ordnance contamination in Laos ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Hmong forces ⓘ
Pathet Lao ⓘ
Royal Lao Government ⓘ
hasSupportingBelligerent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam

China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam

Soviet Union ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
involvedOrganization Air America ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Hmong forces ⓘ
surface form: Hmong guerrilla units

People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnamese Army

Pathet Lao ⓘ
surface form: Pathet Lao armed forces

Royal Lao Army ⓘ
involvedPerson Phoumi Nosavan ⓘ
Prince Boun Oum ⓘ
Richard Helms ⓘ
Souphanouvong ⓘ
Souvanna Phouma ⓘ
Vang Pao ⓘ
William H. Sullivan ⓘ
location Royal Lao Government ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Laos
opposedBy Hmong guerrillas ⓘ
Pathet Lao ⓘ
Royal Lao Government ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
Indochina conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Indochina wars
peaceSettlement 1973 Vientiane Agreement ⓘ
relatedTo Cambodian Civil War ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh Trail (logistical network named after him) ⓘ
surface form: Ho Chi Minh Trail

Vietnam War ⓘ
result communist victory ⓘ
establishment of Lao People's Democratic Republic ⓘ
fall of Royal Lao Government ⓘ
significantEvent Operation Barrel Roll ⓘ
Operation Commando Hunt ⓘ
Operation Steel Tiger ⓘ
Plain of Jars ⓘ
surface form: Plain of Jars campaigns
startTime 1959 ⓘ
usedTactic aerial bombardment ⓘ
covert operations ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietnam War → relatedConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Kennedy administration → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laotian Civil War (U.S. involvement)
Republic of Vietnam → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laotian Civil War (indirectly)
Easter Offensive → follows → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laotian Campaign (1971)
Agent Orange → usedInConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Government of North Vietnam → inConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Armed Forces of Thailand → conflictParticipation → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laotian Civil War (covert involvement)
North American T-28 Trojan → usedInConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Royal Thai Air Force → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Army of the Republic of Vietnam → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
People's Army of Vietnam → engagedIn → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Cold War proxy conflicts → hasPart → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Indochina conflicts → hasMainPart → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Vietnam People’s Air Force → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Royal Lao Government → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Hmong forces → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Secret War → relatedTo → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Secret War in Laos → relatedTo → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Operation Commando Hunt → partOf → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Souvanna Phouma → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Souphanouvong → participatedIn → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Phoumi Nosavan → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Phoumi Nosavan → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cold War in Laos
1973 Vientiane Agreement → context → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Pathet Lao → partOf → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Operation Barrel Roll → partOf → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Royal Lao Army → activeDuringConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Prince Boun Oum → participatedIn → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Royal Thai Army → conflictParticipation → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Vang Pao → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Vietnamese forces → participatedIn → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Communist insurgency in Thailand → influencedBy → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Communist insurgency in Thailand → relatedTo → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist insurgency in Laos
Lao National Museum → subjectFocus → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lao civil war
Huey → usedInConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Air America → notableInvolvement → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Royal Lao Air Force → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
International Control Commission → relatedTo → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Xiangkhouang Province → wasHeavilyBombedDuring → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Tim Page (photographer) → coveredConflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam → conflict → Laotian Civil War ⓘ