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.
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MAIN SOURCES:
National day - Birthday of the proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Laos in 1975 (Luangprabang Laos):
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Revolution in Laos - The North Vietnamese and the Pathet Lao (RAND):
www.rand.org/pubs/research_me...
Laos (JFK Library):
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