Atlas of Battles

country, 15 engagements

Battles in Laos

15 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Laos: 8 battles and 7 campaigns between 1953 and 1973. The wars with most engagements here: Laotian Civil War (8), Vietnam War (5), First Indochina War (1).

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Operation PigfatOperation RaindanceOperation Off BalanceOperation Maeng DaOperation CounterpunchBattle of Ban DongOperation Phou Phiang IIIBattle of Muong KhouaNorth Vietnamese invasion of LaosBattle of Ban Pa DongBattle of Luang NamthaBattle of Ban Houei SaneBattle of Lima Site 85Operation Lam Son 719Operation PhalatBattle of Muong KhouaNorth Vietnamese invasion of LaosBattle of Ban Pa DongBattle of Luang NamthaBattle of Ban Houei SaneBattle of Lima Site 85Operation Lam Son 719Operation PhalatHanoiHaiphongChiang MaiVinhSanyaKhon KaenNam ĐịnhThanh HóaĐồng HớiSavannakhet500 km18.844N, 103.969E
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1953: 1 engagements1958: 1 engagements1961: 1 engagements1962: 1 engagements1968: 3 engagements3 in 19681969: 2 engagements1970: 2 engagements1971: 3 engagements3 in 19711973: 1 engagements19531973
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 3 with pages

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
13 April 1953Battle of Muong KhouaPhongsaly ProvinceFirst Indochina War
1958North Vietnamese invasion of LaosKingdom of LaosVietnam War
31 January 1961Battle of Ban Pa DongLaotian Civil War
1962Battle of Luang NamthaLūang NamthāLaotian Civil War
23 January 1968Battle of Ban Houei SaneVietnam War
10 March 1968Battle of Lima Site 85Lima Site 85Vietnam War
1968Operation PigfatPlain of JarsLaotian Civil War
1969Operation RaindancePlain of JarsLaotian Civil War
1969Operation Off BalancePlain of JarsLaotian Civil War
1970Operation Maeng DaXépônVietnam War
1970Operation CounterpunchPlain of JarsLaotian Civil War
1971Operation Lam Son 719LaosVietnam War
8 February 1971Battle of Ban Dong
1971Operation PhalatLaosLaotian Civil War
1973Operation Phou Phiang IIIPlain of JarsLaotian Civil War

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.