Secret War

This article is about the Secret War of the Second Indochina War undertaken by the CIA. There is another article about Secret Wars, the comic book published by Marvel Comics.

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The Secret War was the Lao front of the Second Indochina War and lasted 13 years (1962-1975). It was the largest paramilitary operation ever undertaken by the CIA, and though not officially acknowledged, was no secret at all. Using a proxy force of some thirty thousand Laotians on the ground, mostly Hmong tribesman, supported in the air by Air America and the Royal Lao Air Force, the CIA fought North Vietnamese units in Laos and the communist Pathet Lao to a standstill.