Operation Lam Son 719

When

8 Feb 1971 – 25 Mar 1971

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

18.20° N, 104.10° E

Description

1971 Vietnam War military offensive in Laos by the US-backed ARVN

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Part of the Vietnam War (1971)

Operation Lam Son 719 or 9th Route – Southern Laos Campaign was a limited-objective offensive campaign conducted in the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos. The campaign was carried out by the armed forces of South Vietnam between 8 February and 25 March 1971, during the Vietnam War.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri is killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Südvietnamesische Bodentruppen starten die Operation Lam Son 719 im Vietnamkrieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “échec désastreux de l’opération Lam Son 719, offensive lancée par les troupes sud-vietnamiennes en territoire laotien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ベトナム戦争: 南ベトナム軍がホーチミン・ルートの遮断を目的としてラオスに侵攻。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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