USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on 24 February 1965 and lasted until the end of October 1968. During this period U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft engaged in a bombing campaign designed to force Ho Chi Minh to abandon his ambition to take over South Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Rolling Thunder mission took place on March 2, 1965, when 100 U.S. Air Force and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) planes struck the Xom Bang ammunition dump 100 miles southeast of Hanoi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lesson Summary. Operation Rolling Thunder was the name for the United States air bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. It began after an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin, which led to a resolution enabling President Lyndon B. Johnson to increase U.S. involvement in the war.

Detailed explanation-4: -Operation Rolling Thunder was a demonstration of America’s near total air supremacy during the Vietnam War. It was started in an effort to demoralise the North Vietnamese people and to undermine the capacity of the government in North Vietnam to govern. Operation Rolling Thunder failed on both accounts.