1. To demonstrate to North VN who they were dealing with (the most powerful country on earth).
2. To damage their abilities to support their aggression in the South.
1965 is when the Air Campaign "Rolling Thunder" began against North Vietnam.
I participated in Operation Sea Dragon during the Vietnam War. It involved the use of naval patrols and gunfire to destroy both land targets (bridges, trails, camps, etc.) and shoreline traffic (gunboats and supply barges). The gunfire was provided from a battleship (USS New Jersey in 1968), 6" and 8" cruisers, destroyers and gunboats. The operation, like the bombing campaign (Rolling Thunder) could have been a complete success had it not been for the cowardly intervention by the administration and the congress.
Vietnam War, 1955 thru 1975. Operation Desert Storm (removal of Iraq from Kuwait) took place in January & February of 1991 (less than a 60 day military campaign). Operation Iraqi Freedom started in 2003.
Operation Rolling Thunder, air campaign began in 1965 Arc Light; B-52 Bomber missions Operation Line Backer, Operation Line Backer II, Massive air campaigns in 1972 TET offensive in 1968 Invasion (Incursion) of Cambodia in 1970, resulting in Kent State University shooting on May 4, 1970. Invasion of Lao's (Operation Lam Son 719), 1971, last major offensive involving the United States Army.
in Vietnam.
Vietnam
Air Campaigns: 1. Operation Rolling Thunder-First jet clashes of the war 2. Operation Linebacker II-Heaviest B-52 bombing in US History Riverine Campaigns: Operation Game Warden-Swift Boat destroying communist infiltration routes along the rivers. Ground Campaigns: 1. Battle of Ia Drang 2. Battle of Dak To 3. Battle of Hamburger Hill 4. Battle of Khe Sanh 5. Tet Offensive 6. Firebase Mary Ann 7. Firebase Ripcord 8. Battle of Ben Het 9. Battle of Lang Vei (First use of NVA tanks against Green Beret outpost) 10. Operation Lam Son 719-Last major offensive of the US Army
Vietnam.
Because it took place in Vietnam
in the place that its raining
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
The vietnam war took place in north and south vietnam during 1954 and1975.As the war spread it boundered areas of Cambodia and Laos.America and Russia became a part of the war in 1962.America had to pull out of the war in 1972.after the war Vietnam became a communist country.It was a famous war because it was one the wars that America did not win.