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.
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.