Royal Lao Army

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The Royal Lao Army was the principal military force of the Kingdom of Laos, playing a central role in the country's conflicts and politics during the mid-20th century, especially throughout the Laotian Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
activeDuringConflict Indochina Wars ⓘ
linked to: Indochina conflicts

Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
alliedWith Thailand ⓘ
United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Forces Armées Royales Laotiennes ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army

Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
commandStructure Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Laos ⓘ
country Kingdom of Laos ⓘ
linked to: Laos
countryCapital Vientiane ⓘ
disbanded 1975 ⓘ
disbandedAfterEvent communist takeover of Laos ⓘ
engagedIn operations against Pathet Lao strongholds ⓘ
operations along the Ho Chi Minh Trail ⓘ
established 1950s ⓘ
garrisonLocation Vientiane ⓘ
headquartersLocation Vientiane ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
loyalTo Laotian monarchy ⓘ
Royal Lao Government ⓘ
militaryBranchOf Royal Lao Government ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage French ⓘ
operatedAlongside Royal Lao Air Force ⓘ
Royal Lao Navy ⓘ
opposedTo North Vietnam ⓘ
Pathet Lao ⓘ
origin French colonial forces in Laos ⓘ
partOf Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
politicalInfluence significant role in Laotian politics ⓘ
primaryMission counterinsurgency ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
receivedMilitaryAidFrom United States ⓘ
receivedTrainingFrom France ⓘ
United States ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
replacedBy Lao People’s Army ⓘ
role principal land warfare force of the Kingdom of Laos ⓘ
serviceBranchType ground forces ⓘ
usedDoctrineFrom French Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Lao ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laotian Civil War → involvedOrganization → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Anti-French Resistance War → belligerent → Laotian Royal forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
French Forces in Indochina → replacedBy → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Royal Lao Government → hadArmedForces → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Hmong forces → alliedWith → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Hmong forces → partOf → Royal Lao Government’s military structure (de facto) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Secret War in Laos → hasParticipant → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Secret War in Laos → commandedBy → Royal Lao Government military leadership ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Phoumi Nosavan → militaryBranch → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Pathet Lao → armedStruggleAgainst → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Royal Lao Army → alsoKnownAs → Forces Armées Royales Laotiennes ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Army → alsoKnownAs → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Army → partOf → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Vang Pao → militaryBranch → Royal Lao Army ⓘ
Vang Pao → alliedWith → Royal Lao Government forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Air Force → serviceBranchOf → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Air Force → partOf → Royal Lao Government security forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Lao People’s Armed Forces → precededBy → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Navy → partOf → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Navy → militaryBranchOf → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Royal Lao Navy → serviceBranch → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Long Tieng → garrisonedBy → Royal Lao Army units ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
North Vietnamese Army positions in Laos → opposedBy → Royal Lao Government forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Laos → responsibleFor → Royal Lao Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army
Long Tieng region of Laos → usedBy → Royal Lao Government forces ⓘ
linked to: Royal Lao Army