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The US used every aircraft (to include U-2's & SR-71's) in it's inventory to bomb North Vietnam into submission. To destroy Hanoi's means of conducting the war in South Vietnam and to bring North Vietnam to peaceful negotiations (peace talks).
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During the war the US bombed North Vietnam and what other country?
Strategic bombing of the North; Tactical bombing in South Vietnam. Covert bombing in Laos/Cambodia.
How many bombs fell on Hanoi?
During the Vietnam War, particularly during the "Christmas Bombing" campaign known as Operation Linebacker II in December 1972, an estimated 20,000 tons of bombs were dropped on Hanoi. This intense bombing campaign included the use of B-52 bombers and targeted military and infrastructure sites. The total number of individual bombs is difficult to quantify precisely, but the scale of the bombing was significant and had a devastating impact on the city and its population.
What was Escalation decision making during Vietnam war?
If the North didn't want to talk at the peace table, bombing missions over the North Vietnam were stepped up. If the North conducted large offensive operations in South Vietnam, more bombing. If the North hinted they might want to talk, the bombing might be suspended for awhile.
What led to the bombing of north Vietnam?
The news media, television, magazines, books, and people on the streets during the times referred to (it as) "the air war over the North" as "the air campaign", or "the air war", etc.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
1. To discourage the North from re-supplying the enemy in South Vietnam. 2. To demonstrate to North Vietnam who they were dealing with. (a show of power). 3. To destroy their capability to wage war in the south. 4. To bring N. VN to their senses (let them know they couldn't win against such devastating air power), and make them bargain for peace.
What island did the Navy use as a bombing site off the coast of Puerto Rico during Vietnam?
Vieques.
What did secrecy establish in the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
The longer secrecy dominated US actions in the war in Vietnam, the more leeway it seemed to give to the Nixon administration that it had the right to lie about the war. The details of the secret bombing of Cambodia was as follows:1. In the years of 1969-1970, 3600 B-52 bombing raids were conducted over Cambodia;2. The Defense Department falsified the air attack reports it furnished to the Senate Armed Services Committee; and3. The Nixon administration ended the campaign because it believed the bombing was a failure.
Code name given during Vietnam War to find out why American bombings were becoming ineffective?
United States Strategic Bombing Survey-dated 30 September 1945, conducted over Germany during WW2; was used to compare strategic bombing over North Vietnam.
How did president Nixon's policies lead to American withdrawal from Vietnam?
Ordering the bombing of North Vietnam during peace negotiations The publication of the Pentagon Papers Ordering the invasion of Cambodia intervened in a trial about American atrocities at My Lai
What medals did William Michael Coomes receive during his time in the Vietnam War?
purple heart, good conduct, national defense, Vietnam service, Vietnam campaign
What hapened during the battle of Britain 1940?
During the 1940 Battle of Britain, the German Air Force waged a bombing campaign over Britain.
Who was the president during the buildup of Vietnam war?
LBJ was the first US president to send conventional combat troops to RVN and the first president to begin openly bombing North Vietnam.
