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16 maj 2022 · A new initiative is aimed at raising awareness about a dark and often forgotten chapter of U.S. history: the secret bombing of Laos during the Vietnam War. Nearly half a century later,...
22 sty 2022 · On June 9, President Lyndon B. Johnson approved the bombing of the Plain of Jars in northern Laos as part of Operation Barrel Roll, thus formally starting the Secret War. For nine years, the United States had dropped bombs every eight minutes, 24 hours a day over the territory of Laos.
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 ...
5 gru 2019 · The U.S. bombing of Laos (1964-1973) was part of a covert attempt by the CIA to wrest power from the communist Pathet Lao, a group allied with North Vietnam and the Soviet Union during the...
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,...
Supporting the "Secret War": CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974. By William M. Leary. Introduction. The largest paramilitary operations ever undertaken by CIA up to this writing took place in the small Southeast Asian Kingdom of 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.
