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1 dzień temu · Only revealed to the US public in 1971, the military campaign in Laos was one of the most closely held secrets in the US’s long, disastrous and ultimately unsuccessful Cold War-era, anti ...
16 maj 2022 · A new online library documents the CIA-led campaign that made it the most bombed nation in history, the effects of which are still felt by Laotian Americans today.
Supporting the "Secret War" William M. Leary. The largest paramilitary operations ever undertaken by the CIA took place in the small Southeast Asian Kingdom of Laos. For more than 13 years, the Agency directed native forces that fought major North Vietnamese units to a standstill.
Air America, an airline secretly owned by the CIA, was a vital component in the Agency’s operations in Laos. By the summer of 1970, the airline had some two dozen twin-engine transports, another two-dozen short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) aircraft, and some 30 helicopters dedicated to operations in Laos.
5 wrz 2016 · Some 80 million unexploded bombs are scattered across the country – the deadly legacy of what became known as America’s “secret war” in Laos – a CIA-led mission during the Vietnam War.
14 cze 2022 · The secret war in Laos is more than an unfortunate chapter of US history – its ramifications persist to this day. Of the more than 2 million tons of cluster munitions dropped on Laos, an...
27 paź 2017 · The reason most Americans do not know this is because it was a secret war orchestrated by the CIA; it stands as the largest covert CIA operation to date. Since 1964, at least 50,000 Lao have been killed or injured by American bombs, 98 percent of which were civilians.
