Royalist forces fail to dislodge North Vietnamese troops; ceasefire ends the war
Territorial changes
Status quo maintained
Belligerents
Kingdom of Laos Supported by United States
North Vietnam
Units involved
Mobile Group 22 Mobile Group 26 Mobile Group 23 Mobile Group 28 Commando Battalion 616A Commando Battalion 623 Five Boeing CH-47 Chinooks Air America transport
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Military engagements of the Laotian Civil War
North Vietnamese invasion
Hotfoot
1960 Laotian coups (Battle of Vientiane)
Battle of Ban Pa Dong
Battle of Luang Namtha
Momentum
Pincushion
Battle of Lak Sao
Hardnose
Wapi
1964 Laotian coups
Triangle
Unity
1965 Laotian coups
Star
Battle of Nam Bac
Battles of Nakhang
1966 Laotian coup d'état
Ban Naden raid
1967 Opium War
Sone Pet
Battle of Ban Houei Sane
Battle of Lima Site 85
Pigfat
Junction City Jr.
Toan Thang
Left Jab
Off Balance
About Face
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Diamond Arrow
Snake Eyes
Maeng Da
Honorable Dragon
Tailwind
Counterpunch
Tchepone
Copper
Silver Buckle
74B
Lam Son 719
Desert Rat
Xien Dong
Phoutah
Phiboonpol
Sayasila
Phou Khao Kham
Sourisak Montry VIII
Bedrock
Thao La
Z
Maharat
Sinsay
Strength I
Strength II
Fa Ngum
Black Lion
Phou Phiang II
Black Lion III
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Maharat II
Phou Phiang III
1973 Laotian coup d'état attempt
Hin Heup
Air operations
Booster Shot
Millpond
Barrel Roll
Steel Tiger
Pony Express
Tiger Hound
Project 404
Commando Hunt
Raindance
Menu
Operation Phou Phiang III (18 January – March 1973) was the final offensive of the Laotian Civil War by the Royal Lao Army's L'Armée Clandestine. Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored Hmong guerrillas and Thai mercenaries formed three attacking task forces in an attempt to clear the People's Army of Vietnam from positions near the Royalist guerrillas' headquarters on the Plain of Jars. All three columns failed to move the Vietnamese invaders before the ceasefire of 21 February 1973 ended the war.
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