First Upper Laos Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the First Indochina War | |||||||
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam Pathet Lao |
The Upper Laos campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Thượng Lào) was a military campaign of the People's Army of Vietnam military campaign aimed at spreading Vietnamese communist influence to Laos in support of the Pathet Lao.[1] While their advance on Luang Prabang ultimately failed, they managed to occupy parts of Phongsaly (see Battle of Muong Khoua), Sam Neua, Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang Provinces. Furthermore, Souphanouvong established his Laotian Resistance Government in Sam Neua.[2]
References
- ↑ "UQAM | Guerre d'Indochine | LAOS, FIRST BATTLE OF (13 April–18 May 1953)".
- ↑ Dommen (2002), p. 208
Sources
- Dommen, Arthur J. (2002). The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253109255.
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