Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Indochina na Farko ya gudana a duk faɗin Indochina na Faransa kuma a ƙarshe ya haifar da rashin nasarar Faransa da sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ga Laos a taron Geneva na 1954. A cikin 1960, a tsakiyar jerin tawaye a Masarautar Laos, yaƙe-yaƙe ya barke tsakanin Royal Lao Army (RLA) da 'yan gurguzu na Arewacin Vietnam da Tarayyar Soviet da ke tallafawa Pathet Lao. Gwamnatin wucin gadi ta biyu ta hadin kan kasa da Yarima Souvanna Phouma ya kafa a shekarar 1962 ba ta yi nasara ba, kuma lamarin ya ci gaba da tabarbarewa zuwa yakin basasa mai yawa.
tsakanin gwamnatin Royal Lao da Pathet Lao. Pathet Lao sun sami goyon bayan soja daga Sojojin Jama'ar Vietnam (PAVN) da Viet Cong.