Communist takeover of Laos
| Communist takeover of Laos | |||||||
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| Part of Laotian Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Pathet Lao North Vietnam |
Kingdom of Laos United States Thailand | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Souphanouvong Kaysone Phomvihane Lê Duẩn |
Savang Vatthana Oudone Sananikone (AWOL) Kouprasith Abhay (AWOL) Vang Pao (AWOL) Gerald Ford Kukrit Pramoj | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Between 30,000-40,000 Hmong soldiers had been killed in combat and between 2,500-3,000 were missing in action in the end of the war | |||||||
| 300,000+ people displaced | |||||||
The Communist takeover of Laos was culminated by a final offensive launched by Pathet Lao forces supported by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 that resulted in the proclamation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic on 2 December 1975.