The 1965 Laotian coups were two separate and simultaneous coups that struck the Kingdom of Laos in January 1965. General Phoumi Nosavan, a participant in four prior coups, had been deprived of troop command as a result; nevertheless, he managed to come up with troops for another try at overthrowing the Royal Lao Government.

By 1961, Laos was fragmented politically, with three factions vying for control. The United States had thrown its support behind General Nosavan Phoumi, whose forces were engaged in combat with a neutralist force under Kong Le. Soviet aircraft were …

Areas of Laos controlled by the Pathet Lao and bombed by the United States Air Force in support of the Kingdom of Laos. 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 following lists events that happened during 1965 in Laos. November - The Wapi Project begins.

From 1965 to 1973, the civil war in Laos seesawed back and forth in northern Laos, characterized by short but often very intense engagements. Because of the large areas contested, even North Vietnamese regular divisions in Laos, such as the 316th, were used in small-unit engagements during the dry season to deny control of territory and ...

During 1965, differences of opinion about implementation of policy arose, especially over the question of cross border operations from South Vietnam into Laos. Westmoreland and MACV wanted to harass the North Vietnamese forces in Laos, using local hill …

Starting in 1958, the US got involved in the military and economic assistance programs to Laos in the aftermath of the French war. On August 9, 1960 Kong Le staged a coup d’état to bring down Tiao Somsanith’s government that included Gen. Phoumi Nosavan as deputy-Prime Minister.

With a population only three people, Laos was fragmented into three major ethnic groups. Thc lowland Lao, who madc up less than half the total population, worked closely with L lie French and dominated the budding administrative serv'ces and military'.

Efforts by the U.S., the Soviet Union, and Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia to mediate the civil conflict culminated in the International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos, signed in Geneva in July 1962.

By 1965, US policy in Laos had evolved into a strategy of war against the Communist Pathet Lao (PL) to regain control of the remote and mountainous northern provinces, particularly Louang Phrabang, which included the strategic Plain of Jars, and the Communist stronghold of Samneua, where Phou Phathi, the Sacred Mountain, was located.