answersLogoWhite

0

Nixon administration authorise U.S. Air power to mine haiphong because 80 percent of war material came from haiphong harbor

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

When did Battle of Haiphong Harbor happen?

Battle of Haiphong Harbor happened on 1972-08-27.


Which president authorized the bombing of Hanoi and the mining of Haiphong Harbor?

Richard Nixon


Was agent orange sprayed in Haiphong Harbor?

The purpose of Agent Orange was to DESTROY vegetation. The purpose of destroying the vegetation (forests & jungles) was to deprive the enemy of a hiding place (destroy his concealment capabilities). Haiphong Harbor doesn't meet the above criterias.


What two actions did President Nixon take involving Vietnam?

He extended the war into Laos and Cambodia and mined Haiphong Harbor.


How did the Chinese Soviets give Vietnam soldiers weapons?

Red China simply trucked or trained their equipment across the border; North Vietnam is their neighbor. The USSR shipped their equipment into Haiphong Harbor. Which is why Haiphong Harbor was usually OFF LIMITS to US jets (couldn't be bombed). With the exception of the aircraft and heavy artillery, the stuff was trucked down the HCM trail. Once they reached the "trail" US AC-130 Spectres (Gunships) would commence truck hunting expeditions! They would go "Truck Busting!" as they used to say it.


What US ship was blown up in Havana Harbor?

In 1898 the U.S. battleship 'Maine' sank in the Havana harbor. It sank after an explosion caused by an underwater mine.


What is the postal code for Haiphong City Haiphong Vietnam?

What is the postal code for Hai phong City


What communist port city did Nixon mine?

In May of 1972 "Operation Pocket Money" began with the mining of Haiphong Harbor. It expanded to include the ports of Thanh Hoa, Dong Hoi Vinh, Hon Gai, Quang Khe and Cam Pha as well as significant river ports before being ended with Operation Endsweep in July of 1973.


What is some information about haiphong in Vietnam?

Haiphong Harbor is where the USSR unloaded their supplies of MiG21 jet fighters, SAM missiles, and PT76 light tanks, and T-54/55 medium tanks to the North Vietnamese Air Force and Army. Red China just drove their supplies of MiG17 & MiG19 jet fighters across the border into North Vietnam.


What north vietnamese city was major for the US bombers during the war?

Officially "cites" weren't targeted. But Hanoi and Haiphong were the primary centers of US attention.


What is the smallest harbor in UK?

MINE ! I harbour no grudges . . . .


Where is Haiphong?

It's in Vietnam - north

Trending Questions
What are some West African tribes from which slaves were taken? What was Clara Barton's last words? What type of boats did the Egyptians use to cross the Nile? The chief executive is elected separately from the legislature and has independent powers? Describe the economy of the later Abbasid empire? What is the abbreviation for the state where Daniel Boone was buried? What did the citizens in ancient Greece vote on? What are the Muslim rites of passage? Did Michael Collins have an impact on world history or did he just affect Irish and British history? What was southern California like in 1800s and early 1900s? This artifact comes from the Indus valley. What does it show about the Harappan civilization? What does it mean to act arrogant playful and witty? What type of phones would they use in the 1700s? In Common Sense Thomas Paine argued that the colonists should immediately halt the revolt against Great Britain? One of the patriots' greatest advantages in the war was that? Why did the reforms that Nicholas 2 introduced after the 1905 revolution not prevent a revolution in 1917? Why did the socalled christian peoples of the world stand by and watch the christian Armenian population of the ottoman empier be slautered by the ottoman Turks during world war 1? In the nineteenth century labor unions developed mostly in response to what? What player had the least amount of at bats to reach 300 home runs? Why have labor force participation rates for women in the US increased since World War 2 and decreased for men?