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Laos

A Communist Laotian movement, Pathet Lao, is formed in North Vietnam. It hopes to fight for independence from the French. In 1953, the Pathet Lao supported by Viet Minh soldiers from Vietnam, invade Laos and take over parts of North Laos.

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