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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 Viet- namese units to a standstill. Although the country eventually fell to the Communists, the CIA remained proud of its accomplishments in Laos.
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. Although the country eventually fell to the Communists, the CIA remained proud of its accomplishments in Laos.
The CIA was largely responsible for conducting military operations in Laos, but the US Ambassador was the man in charge. The secret war in Laos, author Charles Stevenson has emphasized, "was William Sullivan's war."
CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974 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.
Aktywność CIA w Laosie pozwoliła uniknąć rozprzestrzenienia się komunizmu w regionie i zapobiegła objęciu władzy w Laosie przez rząd socjalistyczny. Z drugiej zaś strony amerykańskie zaangażowanie spowodowało ogromne zniszczenia.
The secret operations in Laos grew into the largest CIA operation in history. Laos was used as a pawn for its strategic positioning between its neighboring countries from which the United States could launch military attacks. Laos has been reported as the most intensely bombed country in the history of war.
We are proud to present you this synopsis of how the SGU was created by the United States’ CIA to participate in the Secret War inside Laos, as part of the Vietnam War. Map of Laos. The red...
