A full-scale civil war begins in Laos …
Years: 1960 - 1960
A full-scale civil war begins in Laos between the Pathet Lao-led leftists allied to North Vietnam and the succession of US-backed rightist governments at Vientiane.
The Armeé Clandestine, allegedly engaged in organized drug trafficking, recruits many Hmong tribespeople, longtime opium cultivators.
Groups
- Hmong
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Vietnam, (North) Democratic Republic of
- Vietnam, (South) Republic of
- Laos, Kingdom of
Topics
- Cold War
- Laotian Civil War
- Vietnamese Civil War of 1955-65
- Vietnam War, or Second Indo-China War
- Laotian Military Coup
