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Invasion of Laos

United States · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1961–1971Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1961

John Fitzgerald KennedyApril 1961

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Kennedy suggests reconnaissance spying flights using Laotian markings

1971

Richard Milhous Nixon13 February 1971

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

US troops support South Vietnam in their invasion of Laos. The South Vietnamese are driven out with heavy casualties

Names involved

John Fitzgerald KennedyRichard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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