Operation "Rolling Thunder" took place in what is North Vietnam in order to weaken the NVA (North Vietnam Army) and support the government of South Vietnam .
There was only one; 1965 thru 1968. Rolling Thunder was the air war in Vietnam. Arc Light was a B52 strike. These were code names.
Operation Rolling Thunder happened in 1968.
a sustained aerial bombing campaign agaisnt the vietcong {nova}
Operation Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder was the air war over North Vietnam.
With a failure of bombing in the north, the American were forced to send in ground troops. Operation rolling thunder failed as the VC ( vietcong ) where well hiden in the tree canopies and so bombing was pointless.
Stepped up air pressure to demonstrate to the North that they cannot continue supporting offensive operations in the South.
Rolling Thunder was the FIRST "air campaign" committed against NORTH Vietnam.
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.
Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968).
Operation Rolling Thunder (1965-1968)
operation rolling thunder
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