| dbo:abstract |
Project Copper was a coordinated military action undertaken by the Kingdom of Laos and the Khmer Republic from 1 January–May 1971. It used U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) funds channeled through the Central Intelligence Agency to train three Cambodian battalions to interdict the Sihanouk Trail before it joined the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Committed to battle in southern Laos on 1 January 1971, one battalion deserted the battlefield, a second one mutinied during training, and a third had to be repurposed after suffering 80 casualties. By late January, the project was temporarily suspended. Project Copper was revived in March 1971. Lon Non committed his 15 Brigade Infanterie (15 BI) to the task. One battalion of the brigade occupied two minor outposts. The Cambodian troops were recalled for duty near Phnom Penh, with the last of them being repatriated in June 1971. Thus began and ended military cooperation between the two governments. (en) |
| dbo:causalties |
82 |
| dbo:combatant |
Supported by |
| dbo:commander |
dbr:Lon_Non |
| dbo:date |
1971-01-09 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:place |
dbr:Cambodia dbr:Laos |
| dbo:result |
Forces withdrawn and re-assigned |
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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/HoCMT.png?width=300 |
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| dbp:action |
Capture strategic positions along the Sihanouk Trail (en) |
| dbp:casualties |
82 (xsd:integer) Unknown (en) |
| dbp:combatant |
Supported by (en) |
| dbp:commandedBy |
Lim Sisaath, Hatsaty Sinsay, Lon Non (en) |
| dbp:commander |
Lon Non (en) Hatsaty Sinsay (en) Lim Sisaath (en) |
| dbp:date |
0001-01-09 (xsd:gMonthDay) Late-1970—May 1971 (en) |
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dbr:Royal_Lao_Armed_Forces dbr:United_States_Department_of_Defense dbr:Central_Intelligence_Agency dbr:Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam dbr:Khmer_National_Armed_Forces |
| dbp:location |
Laotian and Cambodian border (en) |
| dbp:name |
Project Copper (en) |
| dbp:objective |
Interdict the Sihanouk Trail; train irregular forces (en) |
| dbp:outcome |
Interdiction failed, project abandoned (en) |
| dbp:partof |
Vietnam War (en) |
| dbp:place |
Laos and Cambodia (en) |
| dbp:plannedBy |
dbr:Royal_Lao_Armed_Forces dbr:United_States_Department_of_Defense dbr:Central_Intelligence_Agency dbr:Khmer_National_Armed_Forces |
| dbp:result |
Forces withdrawn and re-assigned (en) |
| dbp:type |
Coordinated military action (en) |
| dbp:units |
15 (xsd:integer) Bataillon Chasseur 202 (en) Three commando battalions (en) |
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| dct:subject |
dbc:Laotian_Civil_War |
| gold:hypernym |
dbr:Action |
| rdf:type |
owl:Thing schema:Event dul:Event dbo:SocietalEvent wikidata:Q1656682 dbo:Event dbo:MilitaryConflict |
| rdfs:comment |
Project Copper was a coordinated military action undertaken by the Kingdom of Laos and the Khmer Republic from 1 January–May 1971. It used U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) funds channeled through the Central Intelligence Agency to train three Cambodian battalions to interdict the Sihanouk Trail before it joined the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Committed to battle in southern Laos on 1 January 1971, one battalion deserted the battlefield, a second one mutinied during training, and a third had to be repurposed after suffering 80 casualties. By late January, the project was temporarily suspended. (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Project Copper (en) |
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wikidata:Project Copper https://global.dbpedia.org/id/2BH9X |
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wikipedia-en:Project_Copper?oldid=827981466&ns=0 |
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wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/HoCMT.png wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Cambodia_Ratanakiri_locator_map.svg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Cambodia_Stung_Treng_locator_map.svg |
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wikipedia-en:Project_Copper |
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| is dbp:battles of |
dbr:Ho_Chi_Minh_trail |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:Project_Copper |
