Strategic bombing was conducted over North Vietnam; tactical bombing was conducted in South Vietnam; Secret bombings were conducted in Laos and Cambodia.
After the US withdrew from Vietnam the Vietcong came into power. South Vietnam fell under communist rule by the Vietcong.
North Vietnam was controlled by communists.
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The US and N.Vietnam agreed to a peace plan, but S. Vietnam rejected it, so it did not go through
The U.S used no nuclear weapons whatsoever on Vietnam.
Air Power is a tool. Sea Power is a tool. Land Power is a tool. The war was not won because North Vietnam could not be invaded, enemy man power could not be checked, and nuclear weapons could not be used.
Interdiction of the Ho Chi Minh trail had priority one.
Open warfare commenced between the countries of the US & North Vietnam: US jets commenced bombing North Vietnam; US air power commenced Operation Rolling Thunder; US Marines landed in South Vietnam.
The US wanted N. Vietnam to stop fighting in S. Vietnam.
After the US withdrew from Vietnam the Vietcong came into power. South Vietnam fell under communist rule by the Vietcong.
North Vietnam and the United States. South Vietnam wasn't the main combatant, because they did NOT conduct the Air War over North Vietnam. The Vietnam War had three categories: US Navy-Riverine War; US Air Force-Air War; US Army/US Marines-Land War.
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With US/Allied aid, the South fought back. US Air Power BOMBED North Vietnam. US Navy warships SHELLED North Vietnam. South Vietnamese Air Force airplanes bombed and strafed in South Vietnam in support of ARVN/South Viet Marines/Rangers/etc. ground troops.
North Vietnam was the scene of the AIR WAR during the Vietnam War. N. Vietnam was bombed by air units from the US Navy and US Air Force. US Marine Corps units bombed in South Vietnam in support of their ground Marines. North Vietnam defended itself in North Vietnam with SAM sites and NVAF MiG 17, 19, and MiG 21 jet interceptors.
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