My Roots, ilove my Hmong People, we come from the Plain of jars in the jungles of Laos. Known as Montagnards, also known as the Secret Army and recruited by the C.I.A where our military base is on a mountain top named Long Tieng, Laos . General Vang Pao our brave leader, #RIP to our ACE fighter pilot Major Lee Lue who flew a T-28Ds Trojan and shot down. My family has been fighting side-by-side with the Americans during this war. Grandpa and many other Young Men's fought against the Pathet Laos a Communist Party that sided with North Vietnam and the Viet Congs. When the Kingdom of Laos fell into Communist control, some of us made it out, some of us were left behind, and some of us are still hiding from the Pathet Laos because they've have labeled us as Rebals for aiding America. As of today, im blessed to be born in California, being first generation Hmong-American. My family is still serving this Nation. Who, with 3 Siblings in the Army. Thank You.
As a Laotian, I like this Video; the narrative is objective and not biased. It's sad to know my forefathers didn't fully understand geopolitics, constant internal fighting, corruption, and constant external subversion. 😢😢 when numbers of educated people were few, and ignorant people were many, these are why Laos didn't have no chance for self governed until today. 😢
@@peterkhotsombath1134 im Hmong and its sad all the way around, 😔 only if the 3 Brother's could of supported each other and not fight for the throne. I believed the Kingdom of Laos would of still be as is today. It is what it is, One Bro aligned himself with Pathet Lao and the Civil War raged on. Hope All Is Well With You.. #StayBlessed
Before my brother in law’s father passed away he told me that Vang Pao wanted to help the King rule the country but there are so few educated Hmong people that he wouldn’t have been able to raise enough Hmong into those positions.
Although i prefer multi-parties elections and freedom of speech that existed during kingdom of laos , it is very clear that Royal Lao government lost the wat simply because: 1) no will to fight 2) country has no direction, royalist government is viewed as puppet of foreign power 3) souvana phouma is not decisive and iron fist enough, kept talking abt neutralist state and forming coalition govt when your army is eating you bit by bit 4) rampant corruption among the hi rank armies and politicians , and souvana didnt take stern action 5) no economic developments. People dont feel their lives are better under you, but the war is affecting them.
Agree, it's government still busy committing warcrimes, ethnic hmong cleansing in the Jungles. 1976-Present The Royalists Insurgencies in the jungles, fighting parts in the deep jungles of laos.
@@worldentertainmentvang7307 Chao - Fa, or as Pathet Lao labeled us Rebals, Yes! Its 2024 and my Hmong pples is still fighting our war today deep in the foothills and jungle of Laos. Still running, hiding, and fighting just to stay alive.. Some of us made it out, some of us abide to their ruling, and some of us is still fighting because once captured..... thats it.... the struggle keeps struggling. #StayBlessed
I have my own speculative scenario about Laos. What if the communist Pathet Lao turn against the communist Vietnamese much like how the communist Khmer Rouge did in neighboring Cambodia
I know Vang Pao was a major Hmong leader but he would often yell at my grandfather and would deliberately keep my grandpa from obtaining a higher rank just for petty reasons. I do have respect for him but if this is how he acts I don’t think he was as good as people say about his leadership.
Did you know that laos is the most country on earth???? Do you know that it was Vang Pao who went to CIA and order them to bomb Laos ? That's right Laos got that title of the most bomb country on earth because of Vang Pao.
Not all Hmong fought for the Royal Lao. Some Hmong fought for the Royal Lao under Vang Pao mean while some Hmong fought for the Pathet Lao under FayDang LoBliaYo.
@@hmong_keeb_kwm ...Dad went to Laos a few years back and meet elderly Hmong guy who was fighting with the Communist against General VP and my Ancestors. This Man said to Dad that at that time he was fighting for his Country and that he did what any man would of done to protect their County. Once the war was over and many years has passed as this young man became an old man, this man expain to Dad that he feels sadden and guilty as to why he was fighting his own people.
100% agreed no one should not invaded other country because they wanted more power. Shame on these people and I know when they leave this earth they will spend time in Heaven or 👹. Thank you for the video ☺️☺️☺️
My method of source gathering is as follows: Step 1: Visit the Wikipedia page on the subject. Step 2: Ignore everything on the page because anyone can edit it. Step 3: Browse through the various academic sources accredited on the page. During my postgraduate academic career I spent quite a bit of time compiling annotated bibliographies. That's why it pains me to say... I don't have a list of sources. This is because I'm usually skimming through these articles and posts looking for very specific pieces of information. I could do it if I wanted to, but my main focus is storytelling (while still of course making sure my information is accurate.) Likewise, I also looked up primary sources in the Lao language and read them through a translator. My advice is this. Look up the specific events on Wikipedia, look to see if any pertinent academic sources are listed in the references. Also, translate the names of people or events of interest into Lao and search Google for any primary sources (if your computer can auto translate pages). Lastly, if you or someone you know has access to any large databases like JSTOR though enrollment at a university, those are great! If there's anything still locked behind a paywall, try contacting the article's author! Scholars of all types hate that so much knowledge is locked behind paywalls. Chances are, ESPECIALLY with "niche" or understudied topics like Lao history, that the pertinent scholars will directly send you their articles if you ask politely. Hope this helps and best of luck with your research! Best, Alrighty
since Lao communist control Lao peoples from 1975 to now . the country very poor . Lao peoples been abused . so sad . if we can reunite again . I'm ready to put my heart to do anything to help developing my country
@@Thethe49er I'm anti communism and I'm a Lao-American who votes red. I want to know just how bad it is in Laos since I have never been there. I'm sure there are problems but it's probably not as bad as North Korea.
@@blindthief I was over there this summer. The locals were complaining about china saying it is china country but they acknowledged they can’t do anything cause of the government and accepted it sucks
Porto Rico, has this similar island story pertaining to Lares, Puerto Rico, breaking away from Spain only to have the United States acquire the Rich Port Island illegally being a occupied territory till this very day affecting the indigenous Taino, Arwaken, Copper Colored Rican Pueblo, People. So just know that we the Puerto Rican people love young pray for your healing and redemption because truthfully your island stories our island story hidden by proxy real world reality but God bless you all and we honor our father and mother love and protect our children with love and love thy neighbor and for our enemy we love them too and with faith in our Creator we can eventually forgive but to those causing death pow, killings and fraud on the land, air and water of the people bound to the land by born right. Will God forgive those with blood on their hands ? Joseph L.
First minute is already full of historical mistakes. Laos had not been conquered as french colony. It was a protectorate, has initiated by Louang Prabang's king demand to M. Pavie. Some propaganda vids around are garbage folks, don't throw your books!
Laos was a protectorate in name only. It was for all intents and purposes a colony as power lay within the hands of the French governor-general. Laos (in the form of territories east of the Mekong) was seized by France during the 1893 Crisis.
This video is not true. Vang Pao fled Laos in May 1975. How this guy got that fake information. The Phathet Laos took complete control in May 1975. The refugees fled Laos in May 1975 for the first three months without the communist execution. 3 months later, no people escaped and the Communist soldiers were captured and executed regardless of women, children, or civilians.
@@mingdynasty3198, control your word and anger. If you don't know the truth, don't create miss informative clip. Your statement of chronical event is totally fake. Do real research on when the former Laos government fell and General Vang Pao escaped out of the country. I am the one who went through all those ordeal, so I do not need your damn wrong statement about when and where the ordeal occurred.
Your narrative is not accurate you need to revise just few things I want to point out like Kaysone Phomvihane died in Vientiane Nov. 21 1992. Vangpao lived in exile and died in USA. Anyway I still thank you that you interest in the history of Laos.
The French was the one who created a strong Indochina empire in the region and all 3 nations prosper under it. It wasn't until those 3 nations kicked out the French when all hell broke loose
It is pronounced “Laosss” with “s” not Lao. Laos is a country, Lao is an ethnic group or an adjective to this ethnic group, Laotian is someone or something related to Laos. It is important to pronounce it correctly to avoid confusion :)
It should be pronounced as Lao minus the S. The French added the S and it’s supposed to be silent like the French word vous (the s at the end of the word vous is silent).
My Roots, ilove my Hmong People, we come from the Plain of jars in the jungles of Laos. Known as Montagnards, also known as the Secret Army and recruited by the C.I.A where our military base is on a mountain top named Long Tieng, Laos . General Vang Pao our brave leader, #RIP to our ACE fighter pilot Major Lee Lue who flew a T-28Ds Trojan and shot down. My family has been fighting side-by-side with the Americans during this war. Grandpa and many other Young Men's fought against the Pathet Laos a Communist Party that sided with North Vietnam and the Viet Congs. When the Kingdom of Laos fell into Communist control, some of us made it out, some of us were left behind, and some of us are still hiding from the Pathet Laos because they've have labeled us as Rebals for aiding America. As of today, im blessed to be born in California, being first generation Hmong-American. My family is still serving this Nation. Who, with 3 Siblings in the Army. Thank You.
I thank your family for their bravery.
Thank You for your kind words@@makthepharack #StayBlessed and have a Healthy Long Life 🙏 means alot to me.
As a Laotian, I like this Video; the narrative is objective and not biased. It's sad to know my forefathers didn't fully understand geopolitics, constant internal fighting, corruption, and constant external subversion. 😢😢 when numbers of educated people were few, and ignorant people were many, these are why Laos didn't have no chance for self governed until today. 😢
@@peterkhotsombath1134 im Hmong and its sad all the way around, 😔 only if the 3 Brother's could of supported each other and not fight for the throne. I believed the Kingdom of Laos would of still be as is today. It is what it is, One Bro aligned himself with Pathet Lao and the Civil War raged on.
Hope All Is Well With You.. #StayBlessed
Before my brother in law’s father passed away he told me that Vang Pao wanted to help the King rule the country but there are so few educated Hmong people that he wouldn’t have been able to raise enough Hmong into those positions.
lesssss goooooooooooooooo!
Been waiting for this!
i hope you have a nice time in a house fire
I wish the pathet lao would colllapse so the kingdom would return.
I hope one day Laos Kingdom (Lao Monarchy) will soon be restore. 🙏🏽 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I hope I hope all monarchies be restored
Although i prefer multi-parties elections and freedom of speech that existed during kingdom of laos , it is very clear that Royal Lao government lost the wat simply because: 1) no will to fight
2) country has no direction, royalist government is viewed as puppet of foreign power
3) souvana phouma is not decisive and iron fist enough, kept talking abt neutralist state and forming coalition govt when your army is eating you bit by bit
4) rampant corruption among the hi rank armies and politicians , and souvana didnt take stern action
5) no economic developments. People dont feel their lives are better under you, but the war is affecting them.
Laos is more poor today under communist rule than the Kingsdom of Laos
True
Agree, it's government still busy committing warcrimes, ethnic hmong cleansing in the Jungles. 1976-Present
The Royalists Insurgencies in the jungles, fighting parts in the deep jungles of laos.
@@worldentertainmentvang7307 Chao - Fa, or as Pathet Lao labeled us Rebals, Yes! Its 2024 and my Hmong pples is still fighting our war today deep in the foothills and jungle of Laos. Still running, hiding, and fighting just to stay alive.. Some of us made it out, some of us abide to their ruling, and some of us is still fighting because once captured..... thats it.... the struggle keeps struggling. #StayBlessed
Alternate history begins at 10:20
My error...sorry and thanks.
I have my own speculative scenario about Laos. What if the communist Pathet Lao turn against the communist Vietnamese much like how the communist Khmer Rouge did in neighboring Cambodia
I know Vang Pao was a major Hmong leader but he would often yell at my grandfather and would deliberately keep my grandpa from obtaining a higher rank just for petty reasons. I do have respect for him but if this is how he acts I don’t think he was as good as people say about his leadership.
Same my grandpa has a picture of him on his wall I don’t know what all my grandpa did in the war but I know he survived
Did you know that laos is the most country on earth????
Do you know that it was Vang Pao who went to CIA and order them to bomb Laos ?
That's right Laos got that title of the most bomb country on earth because of Vang Pao.
You sound like a Communist sympathizer..a man who fought for his country would never join hands with the communists.
Not all Hmong fought for the Royal Lao.
Some Hmong fought for the Royal Lao under Vang Pao mean while some Hmong fought for the Pathet Lao under FayDang LoBliaYo.
I do want to hear what happened to him and the communist hmong after the war...also hear their side of the war...it'll be nice to see the difference
@@hmong_keeb_kwm ...Dad went to Laos a few years back and meet elderly Hmong guy who was fighting with the Communist against General VP and my Ancestors. This Man said to Dad that at that time he was fighting for his Country and that he did what any man would of done to protect their County. Once the war was over and many years has passed as this young man became an old man, this man expain to Dad that he feels sadden and guilty as to why he was fighting his own people.
I love your alt history idea of improving South-East Asia. If ever a region got screwed over by the Cold War...
Excellent!
100% agreed no one should not invaded other country because they wanted more power. Shame on these people and I know when they leave this earth they will spend time in Heaven or 👹. Thank you for the video ☺️☺️☺️
Great vid, i have a suggestion, what if the nationalists win the civil war between 1945-49 or what if the whites won the civil war in russia
Way ahead of you there! Stay tuned for internet maintenance day.
Best,
Alrighty
Wow. you need more subscribers. Good source
The king and the prime minister was very foolishness and made all lao went to exile many countries
Many people in exile support the kingdom, it’s because of the communist takeover of laos
I hope the kingdom comes back sooner!
Thank you for this.
What sources did you use? I’ve been trying to do research on Laos but haven’t had much luck. Good video btw
My method of source gathering is as follows:
Step 1: Visit the Wikipedia page on the subject.
Step 2: Ignore everything on the page because anyone can edit it.
Step 3: Browse through the various academic sources accredited on the page.
During my postgraduate academic career I spent quite a bit of time compiling annotated bibliographies. That's why it pains me to say... I don't have a list of sources. This is because I'm usually skimming through these articles and posts looking for very specific pieces of information. I could do it if I wanted to, but my main focus is storytelling (while still of course making sure my information is accurate.) Likewise, I also looked up primary sources in the Lao language and read them through a translator.
My advice is this. Look up the specific events on Wikipedia, look to see if any pertinent academic sources are listed in the references. Also, translate the names of people or events of interest into Lao and search Google for any primary sources (if your computer can auto translate pages). Lastly, if you or someone you know has access to any large databases like JSTOR though enrollment at a university, those are great! If there's anything still locked behind a paywall, try contacting the article's author! Scholars of all types hate that so much knowledge is locked behind paywalls. Chances are, ESPECIALLY with "niche" or understudied topics like Lao history, that the pertinent scholars will directly send you their articles if you ask politely. Hope this helps and best of luck with your research!
Best,
Alrighty
Massive butterflies for Khan and his family in King of the Hill in this timeline (assuming he or even the cartoon get created)! 😂
Hank: So, are you Chinese? Japanese? Vietnamese?
Khan: I'm Laotian
Hank: ...
Hank: So, are you Chinese? Japanese? Vietnamese?
@ around 11:38 - President Johnson and Pres. Humphrey??
I want to see what would happen if all these alt history scenarios in Southeast Asia happened in the same universe
They do.
Same story sequel to Khmer Republic & Republic of Vietnam.
since Lao communist control Lao peoples from 1975 to now . the country very poor . Lao peoples been abused . so sad . if we can reunite again . I'm ready to put my heart to do anything to help developing my country
❤
It is really that bad though? I see people in Lao walking around with Iphones and driving new cars.
@@blindthiefyes you acting like there’s no corruption. Of course you see Mercedes Benz cars there but the roads are lackluster
@@Thethe49er I'm anti communism and I'm a Lao-American who votes red. I want to know just how bad it is in Laos since I have never been there. I'm sure there are problems but it's probably not as bad as North Korea.
@@blindthief I was over there this summer. The locals were complaining about china saying it is china country but they acknowledged they can’t do anything cause of the government and accepted it sucks
Porto Rico, has this similar island story pertaining to Lares, Puerto Rico, breaking away from Spain only to have the United States acquire the Rich Port Island illegally being a occupied territory till this very day affecting the indigenous Taino, Arwaken, Copper Colored Rican Pueblo, People. So just know that we the Puerto Rican people love young pray for your healing and redemption because truthfully your island stories our island story hidden by proxy real world reality but God bless you all and we honor our father and mother love and protect our children with love and love thy neighbor and for our enemy we love them too and with faith in our Creator we can eventually forgive but to those causing death pow, killings and fraud on the land, air and water of the people bound to the land by born right. Will God forgive those with blood on their hands ?
Joseph L.
What was you hearing about stories of the Hmong people ( working with C IA in laos what you ting ) ?
First minute is already full of historical mistakes. Laos had not been conquered as french colony. It was a protectorate, has initiated by Louang Prabang's king demand to M. Pavie. Some propaganda vids around are garbage folks, don't throw your books!
Laos was a protectorate in name only. It was for all intents and purposes a colony as power lay within the hands of the French governor-general. Laos (in the form of territories east of the Mekong) was seized by France during the 1893 Crisis.
This video is not true. Vang Pao fled Laos in May 1975. How this guy got that fake information. The Phathet Laos took complete control in May 1975. The refugees fled Laos in May 1975 for the first three months without the communist execution. 3 months later, no people escaped and the Communist soldiers were captured and executed regardless of women, children, or civilians.
This is an alternate history scenario.
Are you blind?
@@mingdynasty3198, control your word and anger. If you don't know the truth, don't create miss informative clip. Your statement of chronical event is totally fake. Do real research on when the former Laos government fell and General Vang Pao escaped out of the country. I am the one who went through all those ordeal, so I do not need your damn wrong statement about when and where the ordeal occurred.
Bro, this is an alternate history scenario. That will I ask you are you blind
Dude lol😂 the video is about what if 😆 🤣
he cn't for useless for country
Your narrative is not accurate you need to revise just few things I want to point out like Kaysone Phomvihane died in Vientiane Nov. 21 1992. Vangpao lived in exile and died in USA. Anyway I still thank you that you interest in the history of Laos.
This is an alternate history scenario.
Thung Hai Hin, Ban Na, Sam Thong, and Noen Skyline, where many Thai soldiers died.😢
The Thai mercenaries and their army fought and supported Laos Government and Vang Paos Army. Such a heroic army..
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talking alt histery. if the french didn't take Laos and Cambodia from Siam, they would now be part of Greater Thailand and probably much better off.
The French was the one who created a strong Indochina empire in the region and all 3 nations prosper under it. It wasn't until those 3 nations kicked out the French when all hell broke loose
Just go watch the Hobbit..
your whiteness is bleeding through the screen and blinding me.
Your liberialness and communist sympathy is bleeding so much. You caused a fatal outbreak.
It is pronounced “Laosss” with “s” not Lao. Laos is a country, Lao is an ethnic group or an adjective to this ethnic group, Laotian is someone or something related to Laos.
It is important to pronounce it correctly to avoid confusion :)
From my Lao friends to linguists, I have always been told the "S" is silent. So that is the pronunciation I used in the video.
It should be pronounced as Lao minus the S. The French added the S and it’s supposed to be silent like the French word vous (the s at the end of the word vous is silent).
Laos still standing peaceful people country. GVP hmongs and invaders gone. The good guys won!
Yeah the Chinese still taking all your gold and Laos is still one of the poorest country in the world.
Laos better to be poor than to be crime and prostitution country like Thailand. China build, America and allies destroy countries, fact.
Yet laos so poor after 45 years
Poor Laos always need Hmong American money 😂
Traitor, you communists killed the king and the Crown Prince and the Queen. shame..
Im glad the royal lost bc I wouldn’t be destine to be in America!
This is crappy work, Laos the country was created by the French. The country was Lan Xang!!! It split up into 3 kingdoms. This is false information!!
So what? You got problem with it.
@@mingdynasty3198 Because He's a communist lol..dude still have 1975 mindset lol, mindset of Leninism.
Thung Hai Hin, Ban Na, Sam Thong, and Noen Skyline, where many Thai soldiers die0
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