THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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The massive bombing of North Vietnam by the United States in an attempt to overwhelm the enemy and get them to surrender.
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The attack of American military bases by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong.
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The full-scale invasion of China by the United States.
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The invasion by North Vietnam in to South Vietnam.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Operation Rolling Thunder was the coordinated military air campaign during the Vietnam War from March of 1965 to October 1968. The intention was to pressure Communist leaders to end the aggression and to limit their ability to wage war against United States allies, especially South Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -March 2, 1965. Operation ROLLING THUNDER begins. In this almost four-year campaign, U.S. Air Force, Marine, and Navy aircraft bomb military, industrial, and infrastructure targets throughout North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Air Force simply could not effectively interdict North Vietnam’s supply routes to the South. In Clausewitzian terms, Rolling Thunder failed because it was not an effective political instrument-it did not achieve its stated goal of compelling the North Vietnamese to do our will.
Detailed explanation-4: -Failure of Operation Rolling Thunder The bombing campaign failed because the bombs often fell into empty jungle, missing their targets.