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.
The US Military can utilize code names anytime they are required; they are often chosen, then approved, based upon the needs at the time. Rolling Thunder, during the then new "space age" represented a "figure of speech" (and a message) to North Vietnam...aerial bombing on an extended scale, which commenced in 1965 and terminated in 1968.
President Nixon liked football; consequently, his aerial campaign over North Vietnam was code named "Linebacker", his next air campaign was labeled "Linebacker II."
American bombing raids on North Vietnam
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Because they were not "maximum effort" bombing campaigns like the 1972 Linebacker & Linebacker II operations.
a bombing campaign in Vietnam
Operation Rolling Thunder began in February, 1965 and did not end until October, 1968.
Rolling Thunder was the air war against NORTH Vietnam.
Vietnam War, air campaigns: Operation Rolling Thunder & Operation Linebacker II
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder began in February, 1965 and did not end until October, 1968.
Operation Rolling Thunder began in 1965 on the 24th of February and ended on the 31st of October 1968.
Rolling Thunder was the air war against NORTH Vietnam.
Rolling Thunder was the FIRST "air campaign" committed against NORTH Vietnam.
1965 is when the Air Campaign "Rolling Thunder" began against North Vietnam.
3,000,000 were left as refugees
'Rolling Thunder' was an operation during Vietnam, in which a fleet of B-52's bombed an area.
It sustained bombing in north Vietnam
It sustained bombing in north Vietnam
War Stories with Oliver North - 2001 Operation Rolling Thunder - 5.68 was released on: USA: 25 September 2005
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Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968).