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Автор: Kenneth Conboy, Simon McCouaig
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 1989
isbn: 0850459389
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Размер: 5.1 Мб
Каталожный номер: 45744
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From 1893 Laos remained a relatively peaceful French protectorate until the Second World War, when it was seized by Japan. As the war drew to a close, the Japanese encouraged the growth of nationalist movements to forestall the return of French power. Despite these efforts the French re-entered Laos. Soundly defeated, the Free Laos moved to Thailand. In 1949 a splinter fraction made its way into northern Vietnam and contacted the anti-French Viet Minh forces. Commonly as the Pathet Lao, and trained and equipped by the Viet Minh, these forces would eventually plunge Laos into another bloody war.
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