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Major General Phoumi Nosavan (Lao: ພູມີ ຫນໍ່ສວັນ; 27
January 1920 – 3
November 1985) was a
Laotian military officer who
served as the
military strongman...
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insisted that
Souvanna Phouma become prime minister. In December,
Phoumi Nosavan then
seized the capital,
overthrew the
Phouma Government, and installed...
- 1958
failed coup
attempt in
Indonesia 1960
Laotian counter-coup by
Phoumi Nosavan 1961 Bay of Pigs
invasion 1961
Operation Mongoose in Cuba 1963
South Vietnamese...
- 1958
failed coup
attempt in
Indonesia 1960
Laotian counter-coup by
Phoumi Nosavan 1961 Bay of Pigs
invasion 1961
Operation Mongoose in Cuba 1963
South Vietnamese...
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pivotal change of
government in the
Kingdom of Laos.
General Phoumi Nosavan established himself as the
strongman running Laos in a
bloodless coup on...
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Phoumi Nosavan that he was
stupidly self-destructive was one of his
kinder statements.
Shortly afterwards, on May 6, 1962,
Phoumi Nosavan led his men...
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between 13 and 16
December 1960, the
battle ended with
General Phoumi Nosavan regaining control of the
Kingdom of Laos with the aid of the
Royal Thai...
- Vientiane,
supplying artillery, artillerymen, and
advisers to
General Phoumi Nosavan,
first cousin of Sarit. It also deplo**** the
Police Aerial Reinforcement...
- 1958
failed coup
attempt in
Indonesia 1960
Laotian counter-coup by
Phoumi Nosavan 1961 Bay of Pigs
invasion 1961
Operation Mongoose in Cuba 1963
South Vietnamese...
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ousted by the U.S.-backed 14
December 1960
countercoup by
General Phoumi Nosavan, Kong Le and his
fellow putschist officers retreated to the
strategic Plain...
