Operation Lam Son 719

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

Operation Lam Son 719 was a South Vietnamese military operation where South Vietnam, with United States support, attempted to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laotian territory.[1] This operation was a failure, South Vietnam had to withdraw from Laos after failing to achieve its goals there, and the Ho Chi Minh trail remained intact and fully functional, allowing the North Vietnamese to continue to use it.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-04-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)