The History Guy: The Hmong Rebellion in Laos (1975-Present)

The History Guy:

The Hmong Rebellion in Laos (1975-Present)

Please use this page to locate information on the conflict in Laos. In the future, content will be added to this page. If you encounter any bad links, please email. Thanks!

The conflict which most Americans know as The Vietnam War, also included civil wars in the neighboring nations of Laos and Cambodia. In both of these Southeast Asian countries, Communist forces overthrew the governments after long and bloody warfare. In Laos, an ethnic group known as the Hmong continued to fight against the forces of the new Communist government and its allies from Vietnam. This little-known war continues to this day.

During America's long and painful time in Vietnam, the U.S. government recruited many Hmong into a secret army trained and armed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Following the fall of Saigon and America's desire to forget about our unsuccessful war in Indochina, U.S. aid to the Hmong ended, and they were left to deal with the Communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese on their own. They have resisted ever since.

Below are some links to other sites with information on this war. More content will be added to this page in the future.

The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic and the Hmong

APOCALYPSE NOW: The great betrayal Laos' Hmong tribe faces death in forced repatriation --Article on the Hmong tragedy from the World Net Daily, November 17, 1999.

Brothers In Arms-- Article about the Hmong Insurgency and Vietamese military aid to Laos.

Please cite this source when appropriate:

Lee, R. "The History Guy: The Hmong Rebellion in Laos (1975-Present)"

http://www.historyguy.com/hmong_rebellion_in_laos.html (2000).