No, it wasn't successful. The government never did declare it a war and didn't put in all that it could have to win.
North Vietnam threatened South Vietnam. I.S.
Vietnam Campaign Medal was created in 1966.
Operation Rolling Thunder
For North Vietnam it was.
After Vietnam, for the US Military & the Commander in Chief it was keep a low profile and don't provoke something that would require the deployment of US military forces. And if & when it became necessary to deploy military forces...do it quickly, cleanly, and don't tell anybody (censor the news) unless or until it is a successful campaign. That time came when President Reagan commenced "Operation Urgent Fury" in Grenada in 1983. The first use of offensive US military force since Vietnam and it was a success; but the news people complained about not knowing about it before hand...which is possibly why it was so successful. For some semi-factual entertainment on the campaign in Grenada see film: "Heartbreak Ridge" starring Clint Eastwood. This movie is about Operation Urgent Fury.
Operation Allied Forces
Which campaign.
It failed; the communists won the war.
Just ask to see their Vietnam campaign medal.
US conventional forces arrived in '65. Rolling Thunder was an AIR CAMPAIGN against North Vietnam! Had nothing to do with the ground war in South Vietnam.
For the communists, yes.
Naval actions and covert operations (which included some of the naval actions) were conducted against North Vietnam prior to 1965. The first "real" official (offensive) action against North Vietnam was in 1965, when the US launched an AIR CAMPAIGN against North Vietnam, titled "Operation Rolling Thunder."