The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos was a covert theater during the Vietnam War with both sides receiving heavy external support in a proxy war between the global Cold War superpowers.

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Laos. December 2 – In Laos, the communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeats the Kingdom of Laos, forcing King Sisavang Vatthana to abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the …

The Laotian Civil War (1962-1975) was an internal fight between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government in which both the political rightists and leftists received heavy external support for a proxy war from the global Cold War superpowers.

May 24, 1975 · VIENTIANE (UPI) The United States has begun evacuating women and children from L,aos and burning nonessential embassy documents in the face of anti-Amer-ican demonstrations and increasing Communist control of the country.

bodia and Vietnam in 1975 created conditions that critically altered the precarious political balance in Laos. The right-wing elite were demoralized by the dramatic collapse of their counterparts in Saigon and Phnom Penh, and despondent at the clear evidence that the U.S. would no longer intervene militarily in their behalf. The Lao Com-

Jun 8, 1975 · With prolonged military resistance hopeless, Premier Souvanna Phouma ordered, Royal Lao troops not to fight. Conservative ministers and military leaders resigned and crossed the border into...

Jun 22, 1975 · The Pathet Lao brought a token force down the road, gathering defections from local commanders of Vientiane troops along the way, to within 12 miles from here.

Jan 16, 2025 · AP's Description: On December 4th 1975 the Pathet Lao Communists in Laos achieved the final victory of their 20-year struggle for power when they dismantled the neutralist government of Prince Souvanna Phouma, abolished the monarchy and proclaimed a people's Democratic Republic.

Feb 12, 2010 · May 1975 - The Shutdown of the USAID Mission to Laos In the spring of 1975, the US exited Indochina. While the US had pulled out troops as a result of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, there remained a significant American presence in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, mostly in aid-related support areas.