American Forces Had Good Reason to Be in Laos during the Vietnam War
Related to Laos:Vietnam,Nepal Laos La·os (lous, lā′ŏs′) A country of southeast Asia. Once part of the Khmer Empire, the region became a powerful Lao kingdom (14th-15th century) and was later incorporated into French Indochina in 1893. Laos gained its independence in 1953, but a...
The fertile Bolovens Plateau in the south, rising to about 1,067 meters (3,500 feet), is almost completely encircled by a high escarpment. DID YOU KNOW? Many bomb craters from the United States' aerial bombardment of Laos in the 1960s and 1970s, during the Vietnam War, have ...
In 1994 a bridge opened between Thailand and Laos across the Mekong River at Vientiane, paving the way for greater trade between the two countries and symbolizing a political realignment for Laos away from its colonial and Cold War ally Vietnam; a second bridge across the Mekong between the ...
Mr. Lung Ky from Ban Nong Bua, located at the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Khammouane province of central Laos shares his personal story during the secret war. His village lived and survived for almost 9 years in a nearby cave, hiding from bombings of the Vietnam war....
“The Secret War”(aka “American War” aka “Vietnamese War”) – Bachelor thesis by J. Hoffmann IMartin/14/12/2021 Editor's note: Mr Jonas Hoffmann studies English and politics in the teaching degree for lower secondary school at the University of Education Karlsruhe. He chose the topic...
When the USA bombed North Vietnamese troops on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in eastern Laos in 1964, it fueled the conflict between the royalist Vientiane government and communist Pathet Lao, who supported the North Vietnamese. A coalition government was formed, but with the fall of Saigon in ...
During the Vietnam War, Laos, a former French protectorate, was trapped in the bigger frontlines between the United States and neighboring Vietnam, which resulted in one of the most massive bombardments ever. For nine long years, from 1964 to 1973, the equivalent of a planeload of bombs wa...
According to statistics from Lao authorities, from 1965 to 1973, the United States dropped some 2 million tons of ordinance on Laos during the Vietnam War, including 2.7 million cluster bombs which are designed to break apart and release a payload of smaller bombs. As many as 30 percent of...
In 2016 a total of 67,166 UXO items were destroyed by the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme's clearance operations. According to statistics from Lao authorities, from 1965 to 1973, the United States dropped some two million tons of ordinance on Laos during the Vietnam War, including ...