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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.
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What was the first Operation rolling thunder?
1965 is when the Air Campaign "Rolling Thunder" began against North Vietnam.
What was Operation Rolling Thunder?
a sustained aerial bombing campaign agaisnt the vietcong {nova}
What was the US-directed program of covert raids on North Vietnam called?
Operation Rolling Thunder
Why is the thunder rolling overhead?
Rolling Thunder was the air war over North Vietnam.
Impact of operation rolling thunder?
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.
