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Linebacker
Conducted between May 10th and October 23rd 1972, Operation Linebacker was a U.S. bombing campaign that successfully halted the Communist’s Easter Offensive and led to the resumption of peace negotiations. Unlike the earlier Rolling Thunder operations, Linebacker targeted Hanoi’s war support infrastructure and transportation system and cut off the flow of supplies into the port of Haiphong.
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Linebacker II
Launched in response to North Vietnam’s withdrawal from the Paris peace talks, Linebacker II was the most brutal bombing campaign of the Vietnam War. The 11-day’s of air strikes, which began on 18th December 1972, targeted the Hanoi and Haiphong areas and forced the Communists back to the negotiating table.
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