Royal Lao Armed Forces [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Royal Lao Armed Forces
The Royal Lao Armed Forces (French: "Forces armées du Royaume"), best known by its French acronym FAR, were the official armed defense forces of the Kingdom of Laos, a state that existed from 1949 to 1975 in what is now the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The FAR was responsible for the defense of the Kingdom since its independence in October 1953 from France.
History.
The foundations of the Royal Lao Armed Forces were laid on 11 May 1947, when King
January 1965. When Phoumi's final coup failed, he fled into exile. With Phoumi gone, Sang was forced to resign his post as head the Ground Forces Command; the post was subsequently abolished.
See also.
- ARVN
- Air America
- Hmong people
- Laotian Civil War
- North Vietnamese invasion of Laos
- Pathet Lao
- Royal Lao Armed Forces
- Royal Lao Army Airborne
- Vietnam War
References.
- Conboy, Kenneth and James Morrison (1995)