This was an air campaign conducted by the US Air Force & US Naval Airmen.
Operation Rolling Thunder was the code name given to us bombings of strategic targets in North Vietnam is 1965. It was used by the US, under president Johnson. This method was used in order to put pressure on the south, in order to make them stop supplying the vietcong, end the war and start negotiations. However, it brought no end to the conflict and failed to have any impact on the war.
1965 is when the Air Campaign "Rolling Thunder" began against North Vietnam.
a sustained aerial bombing campaign agaisnt the vietcong {nova}
Operation Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder was the air war over North Vietnam.
With a failure of bombing in the north, the American were forced to send in ground troops. Operation rolling thunder failed as the VC ( vietcong ) where well hiden in the tree canopies and so bombing was pointless.
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Operation Rolling Thunder began in February, 1965 and did not end until October, 1968.
Operation Rolling Thunder began in 1965 on the 24th of February and ended on the 31st of October 1968.
Rolling Thunder was the air war against NORTH Vietnam.
Rolling Thunder was the FIRST "air campaign" committed against NORTH Vietnam.
1965 is when the Air Campaign "Rolling Thunder" began against North Vietnam.
Operation Rolling Thunder. It aimed to weaken North Vietnam's ability to wage war and to pressure them to negotiate a settlement. The bombing campaign lasted for three years but did not achieve its objectives and instead intensified the conflict.
3,000,000 were left as refugees
'Rolling Thunder' was an operation during Vietnam, in which a fleet of B-52's bombed an area.
It sustained bombing in north Vietnam
It sustained bombing in north Vietnam
War Stories with Oliver North - 2001 Operation Rolling Thunder - 5.68 was released on: USA: 25 September 2005