| dbo:abstract
|
- Operation Pigfat was a crucial guerrilla offensive of the Laotian Civil War; it lasted from 26 November 1968 to 7 January 1969. Launched by Hmong tribal soldiers backed by the Central Intelligence Agency, it was based on the usage of overwhelming air power to clear the path for the guerrillas. The guerrillas were faced with the largest concentration of Vietnamese communist troops stationed outside Vietnam, and hoped to spoil that imminent attack. In the event, the promised air power allotment was halved and curtailed. Intermittent foul weather also restricted air operations. Nevertheless, the Hmong assault against communists on the mountain of Phou Pha Thi nearly carried the position in mid-December. However, a communist night raid that destroyed an ammunition dump, followed by the arrival of a relief column from the 316th Division, tipped the balance of battle against the assailants. On 7 January 1969, the Hmong retreated while pressed hard by the communists. Both sides took heavy casualties. However, the Vietnamese had abundant manpower to be trained as replacements. By contrast, the Hmong replacement pool was scanty. Moreover, the communists ended their follow-up drive within ten kilometers of the Hmong main bases at Long Chieng and Sam Thong. (en)
|
| dbo:causalties
|
- 300 killed
- 500 wounded
- 400 missing
|
| dbo:combatant
|
- Pathet Lao
- Supported by
- Supported by:
|
| dbo:commander
| |
| dbo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict
| |
| dbo:place
| |
| dbo:result
|
- U.S. Air Forceand Royalist guerrilla offensive against Vietnamese communists
|
| dbo:strength
|
- Battalion-size
- Regimental- and battalion-size
|
| dbo:wikiPageID
| |
| dbo:wikiPageLength
|
- 15888 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
|
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID
| |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
| |
| dbp:casualties
|
- 300 (xsd:integer)
- 400 (xsd:integer)
- 500 (xsd:integer)
- Heavy (en)
|
| dbp:combatant
|
- Supported by: (en)
- Pathet Lao (en)
- Supported by (en)
|
| dbp:commander
| |
| dbp:conflict
| |
| dbp:date
|
- 0001-11-26 (xsd:gMonthDay)
|
| dbp:partof
| |
| dbp:place
|
- Plain of Jars in northeastern Laos (en)
|
| dbp:result
|
- U.S. Air Force and Royalist guerrilla offensive against Vietnamese communists (en)
|
| dbp:strength
|
- Battalion-size (en)
- Regimental- and battalion-size (en)
|
| dbp:units
| |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
| dcterms:subject
| |
| gold:hypernym
| |
| rdf:type
| |
| rdfs:comment
|
- Operation Pigfat was a crucial guerrilla offensive of the Laotian Civil War; it lasted from 26 November 1968 to 7 January 1969. Launched by Hmong tribal soldiers backed by the Central Intelligence Agency, it was based on the usage of overwhelming air power to clear the path for the guerrillas. The guerrillas were faced with the largest concentration of Vietnamese communist troops stationed outside Vietnam, and hoped to spoil that imminent attack. (en)
|
| rdfs:label
| |
| owl:sameAs
| |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
| foaf:name
| |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
of | |
| is rdfs:seeAlso
of | |
| is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |
