Operation Strength II

Operation Strength II
Part of Laotian Civil War, Vietnam War
Date6–31 March 1972
Location
Result Diversion attempt by the Kingdom of Laos fails
Belligerents

 Kingdom of Laos
Supported by:
 United States

 North Vietnam
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Laos Vang Pao
Kingdom of Laos Bounphone Marthepharak
Unknown
Units involved
Kingdom of Laos Mobile Group 21
Kingdom of Laos Auto Defense Choc of Mobile Group 27
Kingdom of Laos Mobile Group 22
Kingdom of Laos Mobile Group 24
United States Pilatus PC-6 Porters
Unknown

Operation Strength II (6–31 March 1972) was a Royalist military offensive of the Laotian Civil War. It was devised as another diversion in the mode of the original Operation Strength. Planned as a pincer movement on the Plain of Jars, Operation Strength II's beginning was grossly hampered by combat refusals and desertions from one of its two task forces. Loss of tactical air support as the Easter Offensive began in South Vietnam also weakened the Laotian effort. In any event, neither pincer did much toward its goal of distracting the People's Army of Vietnam from its attempts to overrun the strategic guerrilla base at Long Tieng and end the war.