Operation Rolling Thunder

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Operation Rolling Thunder was a sustained U.S. aerial bombing campaign against North Vietnam from 1965 to 1968, aimed at weakening North Vietnamese capabilities and will to fight during the Vietnam War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation ⓘ
aerial bombing campaign ⓘ
operation of the Vietnam War ⓘ
aircraftUsed A-4 Skyhawk ⓘ
A-6 Intruder ⓘ
B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ
F-105 Thunderchief ⓘ
F-4 Phantom II ⓘ
airDefenseOpposition MiG fighter aircraft ⓘ
SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missiles ⓘ
anti-aircraft artillery ⓘ
authorizedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
belligerent Republic of Vietnam Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
casualties thousands of North Vietnamese military and civilian deaths ⓘ
codeName Rolling Thunder ⓘ
commander U.S. Pacific Command leadership ⓘ
William Westmoreland ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
domesticImpact controversy over bombing effectiveness and morality ⓘ
increased anti-war sentiment in the United States ⓘ
endDate 1968-11-02 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Linebacker ⓘ
Operation Linebacker II ⓘ
location Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Indochina ⓘ
North Vietnam ⓘ
negotiationImpact used as leverage in attempts to bring North Vietnam to negotiations ⓘ
objective to bolster the government of South Vietnam ⓘ
to pressure North Vietnam to cease support for the insurgency in South Vietnam ⓘ
to reduce North Vietnam’s will to continue the war ⓘ
to weaken North Vietnamese military capabilities ⓘ
opponent North Vietnam ⓘ
opposingForce North Vietnamese Army ⓘ
North Vietnamese air defenses ⓘ
Vietnam People’s Air Force ⓘ
partOf air war over North Vietnam ⓘ
politicalContext Cold War ⓘ
U.S. containment policy ⓘ
precededBy initial limited U.S. air strikes in 1964 ⓘ
result expansion of North Vietnamese air defenses ⓘ
failure to achieve stated political objectives ⓘ
high civilian casualties in North Vietnam ⓘ
increased North Vietnamese resolve ⓘ
significant damage to North Vietnamese infrastructure ⓘ
rulesOfEngagement prohibition on attacking certain politically sensitive targets at first ⓘ
restrictions on targets near Hanoi and Haiphong in early phases ⓘ
startDate 1965-03-02 ⓘ
strategy gradual escalation ⓘ
limited bombing campaign ⓘ
tactic interdiction of supply routes ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ
target industrial facilities in North Vietnam ⓘ
lines of communication to South Vietnam ⓘ
military bases in North Vietnam ⓘ
petroleum storage facilities in North Vietnam ⓘ
transportation infrastructure in North Vietnam ⓘ
UScasualties hundreds of U.S. aircraft lost ⓘ
hundreds of U.S. aircrew killed or captured ⓘ

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Vietnam War → significantEvent → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Vietnam War → notableOperation → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Operation Linebacker → precededBy → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Operation Pierce Arrow → followedBy → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Ho Chi Minh Trail → targetOf → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Indochina conflicts → hasRelatedEvent → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Linebacker I → precededBy → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Rolling Thunder → alsoKnownAs → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Vietnam People’s Air Force → notableBattle → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Operation Commando Hunt → followed → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Operation Barrel Roll → coordinatedWith → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Operation Steel Tiger → relatedTo → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
USS Independence (CV-62) → notableOperation → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Đường Trường Sơn → targetOf → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Battle of Pleiku → followedBy → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Americanization of the Vietnam War → includesEvent → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Yankee Station → operationalDuring → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
DRV air defense system → activeDuring → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
Steel Tiger → relatedTo → Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ