Operation Bedrock (Laos)

Operation Bedrock
Part of Laotian Civil War; Vietnam War
Date1–9 November 1971
Location
Southwest of Salavan, Laos
Result Rice supplies to the Ho Chi Minh Trail disrupted
Territorial
changes
Royal Lao Armed Forces occupy rice fields southwest of Salavan
Belligerents
 Kingdom of Laos
Supported by
CIA of the United States
 North Vietnam
Supported by:
 Soviet Union
 People's Republic of China
Units involved
Groupement Mobile 41 46th Battalion

Operation Bedrock (Laos) (1–9 November 1971) was a military offensive staged by the Royal Lao Armed Forces against the People's Army of Vietnam in Military Region 4 of the Kingdom of Laos. Its purpose was disruption of the supply of rice to Communist forces occupying the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It was successful.


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