The Pathet Lao had been embattled in a civil war against the Royal Lao Government for many years, but on December 2nd, 1975, this ended. The Pathet Lao managed to overrun the capital of Laos and to establish a communist government.

This is how the Pathet Lao overthrew the Monarchy with Hindsight.

FULL TRANSCRIPT:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q8qRGbrtOqZg4nwDNhSja0mPPh547y_t/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116393133462297140352&rtpof=true&sd=true

MAIN SOURCES:

National day - Birthday of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Laos in 1975 (Luangprabang Laos):
https://www.luangprabang-laos.com/National-day

Revolution in Laos - The North Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao (RAND):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5935.html

Laos (JFK Library):
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/laos

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