April 1953
Upper Laos Campaign
Giap directs Viet Minh forces into northern Laos
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Laos in Vietnam. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Giap directs Viet Minh forces into northern Laos
US intelligence estimates heavy communist supply movement through Laos and presses for stronger interdiction
US planning expands air interdiction against infiltration routes used to support communist forces in South Vietnam
US air operations expand against infiltration routes connected to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos
Johnson approves expanded air interdiction against infiltration routes through Laos
North Vietnamese forces resist South Vietnamese operations in Laos
Provenance
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