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- Operation Thao La (21 November–16 December 1971) was a Royal Lao Government (RLG) dry season offensive during the Laotian Civil War, aimed at severing the Ho Chi Minh Trail and retrieving the Lao Bolaven Plateau from the grip of the People's Army of Vietnam. Its objectives were the use of recently captured Salavan as a jumpoff point for occupying Tha Theng and Ban Phong. Key to the plan was a prearranged daily allotment of supportive tactical air power. In the event, the Royalists captured their two objectives. However, they lost both Salavan and Paksong to the North Vietnamese; they also failed to find the Communist transshipment point whose conquest would have interdicted the Trail. (en)
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- 1,376 wounded
- 343 missing
- 399 killed
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- Pyrrhic victoryforKingdom of Laos
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- 17683 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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- 343 (xsd:integer)
- 399 (xsd:integer)
- 763 (xsd:integer)
- 1204 (xsd:integer)
- 1376 (xsd:integer)
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- 0001-11-21 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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- Pyrrhic victory for Kingdom of Laos (en)
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- Royalists took Tha Theng and Ban Phong, lost Salavan (en)
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- 9 (xsd:integer)
- U.S. Air Force (en)
- Commando Raiders (en)
- Raven Forward Air Controllers (en)
- Royal Lao Air Force (en)
- Bataillon Infanterie 9 (en)
- Bataillon Volontaire 41 (en)
- Bataillon Volontaire 46 (en)
- Bataillon Volontaire 48 (en)
- Five PAVN battalions (en)
- Groupement Mobile 33 (en)
- Groupement Mobile 41 (en)
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- Operation Thao La (21 November–16 December 1971) was a Royal Lao Government (RLG) dry season offensive during the Laotian Civil War, aimed at severing the Ho Chi Minh Trail and retrieving the Lao Bolaven Plateau from the grip of the People's Army of Vietnam. Its objectives were the use of recently captured Salavan as a jumpoff point for occupying Tha Theng and Ban Phong. Key to the plan was a prearranged daily allotment of supportive tactical air power. (en)
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