Attacks on Laos

• • After the attacks on Cambodia, the North Vietnamese were using the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos more, so the ARVN asked the US to provide air support
• • The North Vietnamese raised troops to attack the city of Tchepone, which the ARVN had captured
  • In the ffighting, the ARVN retreated and lost many casualties, despite US air support
  • The trail remained in North Vietnamese control
  • This made people doubt that Vietnamisation would ever work as the ARVN did not seem like an able fighting force