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Pathet Lao (pät`ət lou), left-wing nationalist group that was ultimately victorious in the Laotian civil war that began in the mid-1950s. The name was first used in 1950 by Lao forces after the they joined the Viet Minh Viet Minh , officially Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh [League for the Independence of Vietnam], a coalition of Communist and nationalist groups that opposed the French and the Japanese during World War II.
..... Click the link for more information. 's revolt against the French, and it became the generic term for the Lao Communists. In 1956 an official party, the Neo Lao Hak Sat (Lao Patriotic Front) was formed. In the 1960s and early 70s, the Pathet Lao fought the U.S.-supported government and finally won control of Laos in 1975.

Pathet Lao

the name given to Laos by the nationalist movement of Lao Issara (Free Laotian Party) after the anticolonial revolt in October 1945. The United National Front of Laos (Neo Lao Issara), which sprang up in 1950, was also often called the Pathet Lao. By extension, the name was applied to the national liberation movement directed by the front. At present the name “Pathet Lao” is used as another name for the Patriotic Front of Laos (PFL, Neo Lao Hak Sat), formed in 1956.

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No references found	After a long civil war between the Laotian royal government forces aided by the United States and the pro-Communist Pathet Lao (The Lao People''s Revolutionary Party) supported by the North Vietnamese and a long period of political instability, Laos fell completely into the hands of the Communists in 2518/1975. A Doubtful Fate of Laotian and Cambodian Buddhism by Saronkorn Seuyouyong / Philosophy and religion community Besides that, the Lao People's Democratic Republic is one of the world's few remaining traditionally communist nations; the Pathet Lao took control of the country in 1975 from its royalist government two years after the departure of the United States military from Vietnam, and kept the country pretty well closed to outside influences until about 10 years ago. Land-locked Laos has history of isolation, unrest by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) During a top-secret bombing run over enemy territory, Dieter (Bale) is shot down and captured by notoriously vicious Pathet Lao soldiers and their tyrannical commander, Little Hitler (Mulvilai). Herzog's harrowing take on Vietnam; RESCUE DAWN *** (Cert 12, 120 ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)	Paterson-Kelly syndrome path path analysis path attenuation path clamp path coefficient path computation path coverage testing path curve path determination Path Difference path diversity path integral path length path MTU Path not found Path Pascal path plotting path vector protocol path-connected set Pathans Pathé, Charles Pathein Pathelin, Master pathergy Pathet Lao pathetic fallacy Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge pathname pathname separator pathogen Pathogenesis pathogenic Pathogenicity pathogenicity island pathognomonic pathologic anatomy pathological Pathological Anatomy pathological gambling pathologist Pathology pathophobia Pathophysiology Pathopsychology pathotoxin pathovar Pathros pathspec pathway pathwise-connected set	Path-to-Profitability Path-to-Profitability Path-to-Profitability Path-to-Profitability path. Pathagorean Pathagorean Pathan Pathan Pathan Pathanjali Pathans Pathans Pathans pathbreaker pathbreaking Pathe Pathé, Charles Pathé, Charles Pathein Pathein Pathelin, Master pathematic pathematology Pather Pachali Pather Panchali Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) pathergasia pathergy pathergy Pathet Lao pathetic pathetic pathetic pathetic fallacy pathetic fallacy pathetic fallacy Pathetic Little Freak Pathetic Loser Pathetic Losers Club Pathetic muscle Pathetic nerve Pathetic Wanker pathetical pathetical pathetical pathetically pathetically pathetically Pathétique Sonata Pathétique Symphony Pathetism PATHF pathfinder pathfinder pathfinder pathfinder pathfinder pathfinder aircraft pathfinder broach pathfinder broach

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After a long civil war between the Laotian royal government forces aided by the United States and the pro-Communist Pathet Lao (The Lao People''s Revolutionary Party) supported by the North Vietnamese and a long period of political instability, Laos fell completely into the hands of the Communists in 2518/1975.

A Doubtful Fate of Laotian and Cambodian Buddhism by Saronkorn Seuyouyong / Philosophy and religion community

Besides that, the Lao People's Democratic Republic is one of the world's few remaining traditionally communist nations; the Pathet Lao took control of the country in 1975 from its royalist government two years after the departure of the United States military from Vietnam, and kept the country pretty well closed to outside influences until about 10 years ago.

Land-locked Laos has history of isolation, unrest by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

During a top-secret bombing run over enemy territory, Dieter (Bale) is shot down and captured by notoriously vicious Pathet Lao soldiers and their tyrannical commander, Little Hitler (Mulvilai).

Herzog's harrowing take on Vietnam; RESCUE DAWN *** (Cert 12, 120 ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)