Royalists take Muang Soui, do not take Sala Phou Khoun
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Kingdom of Laos Supported by United States
Pathet Lao Supported by North Vietnam
Soviet Union People's Republic of China
Units involved
Bataillon Commando 206 Bataillon Infanterie 6 Commando Raiders 21st Special Operations Squadron Royal Lao Air Force U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraiders
At least one battalion
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Phou Khao Kham (Gold Mountain), (5 August – 25 September 1971) was a Royal Lao Government military offensive operation of the Laotian Civil War designed to clear Communist forces off Routes 13 and 7 north of the administrative capital of Vientiane. Its end objective was the capture of the forward fighter base at Muang Soui on the Plain of Jars. Although it succeeded in taking the air base, it failed to remove a concentration of Communist troops at the Sala Phou Khoun intersection of Routes 7 and 13.
PhouKhaoKham (Gold Mountain), (5 August – 25 September 1971) was a Royal Lao Government military offensive operation of the Laotian Civil War designed...
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Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
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Vietnam People's Air Force attacked Lima Site 85 atop a craggy peak known as Phou Pha Thi. An Air America Bell 205 helicopter, which had taken off to avoid...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
October 1971: Operation Sayasila, in MR 4 5 August – 25 September 1971: PhouKhaoKham, in MR 5 September 1971: Operation Sourisak Montry, along Thai border...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
October 1971: Operation Sayasila, in MR 4 5 August–25 September 1971: PhouKhaoKham, in MR 5 September 1971: Operation Sourisak Montry, along Thai border...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
reoccupying the Phou Thevada high ground. Another Thai battalion swept northwards from Paksong, occupying the high ground at Phou Nongkin. Operation...
Tony Poe were the other two; Poe later opened the third Momentum site at Phou Nong Py, in conjunction with PARU Team M. Taking some recently trained Hmong...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...
the Green Berets established a second training locale north of there in Phou Kate, near Salavan. Begun in late spring, it was manned by four A Teams training...
assault differing objectives. Group Alpha was directed at the mountaintop of Phou Khong. Group Bravo was targeted at Route 13. The Communist defensive positions...
their accompanying support slowly trundled north toward Sala Phou Khoun. North of Sala Phou Khoun at Luang Prabang, Military Region 1 mustered a contingent...
Operation Phou Phiang II (6 August – 25 October 1972) was one of the final battles of the Laotian Civil War. It was an attempt to relieve the siege on...
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guerrillas were landed northwest of Phou Phasai to besiege the PAVN on the hill. By the end of April, the hilltop stronghold of Phou Phasai had fallen to the Royalist...
Phiboonpol Sayasila PhouKhaoKham Sourisak Montry VIII Bedrock Thao La Z Maharat Sinsay Strength I Strength II Fa Ngum Black Lion Phou Phiang II Black Lion...