Vietnam S Final Air Campaign
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Vietnam S Final Air Campaign
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Author : Stephen Emerson
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2019-08-30
Vietnam S Final Air Campaign written by Stephen Emerson and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-30 with History categories.
An account of the last American bombardments that took place over North Vietnam while peace talks struggled in Paris. Includes maps and photos. On March 30, 1972, some thirty thousand North Vietnamese troops, along with tanks and heavy artillery, surged across the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam in the opening round of Hanoi’s Easter Offensive. By early May, South Vietnamese forces were on the ropes and faltering. Without the support of U.S. combat troops—who were in their final stage of withdrawing from the country—the Saigon government was in danger of total collapse and with it any American hope of a negotiated settlement to the war. In response, President Richard Nixon called for an aggressive, sustained bombardment of North Vietnam. Code-named Operation Linebacker I, the interdiction effort sought to stem the flow of men and materiel southward, as well as sever all outside supply lines in the first new bombing of the North Vietnamese heartland in nearly four years. To meet the American air armada, North Vietnamese MiG fighters took to the skies and surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft fire filled the air from May to October over Hanoi and Haiphong. With the failure of its Easter Offensive to achieve military victory, Hanoi reluctantly returned to the negotiating table in Paris. However, as the peace talks teetered on the edge of collapse in December 1972, Nixon played his trump card: Operation Linebacker II. The resulting twelve-day Christmas bombing campaign unleashed the full wrath of American air power. This book tells the story of these decisive campaigns and how they led, finally, to a ceasefire agreement.
Gradual Failure The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965 1966
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Author : Jacob Van Staaveren
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Gradual Failure The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965 1966 written by Jacob Van Staaveren and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
Of the many facets of the American war in Southeast Asia debated by U.S. authorities in Washington, by the military services and the public, none has proved more controversial than the air war against North Vietnam. The air war s inauguration with the nickname Rolling Thunder followed an eleven-year American effort to induce communist North Vietnam to sign a peace treaty without openly attacking its territory. Thus, Rolling Thunder was a new military program in what had been a relatively low-key attempt by the United States to win the war within South Vietnam against insurgent communist Viet Cong forces, aided and abetted by the north. The present volume covers the first phase of the Rolling Thunder campaign from March 1965 to late 1966. It begins with a description of the planning and execution of two initial limited air strikes, nicknamed Flaming Dart I and II. The Flaming Dart strikes were carried out against North Vietnam in February 1965 as the precursors to a regular, albeit limited, Rolling Thunder air program launched the following month. Before proceeding with an account of Rolling Thunder, its roots are traced in the events that compelled the United States to adopt an anti-communist containment policy in Southeast Asia after the defeat of French forces by the communist Vietnamese in May 1954.
Linebacker
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Author : Karl J. Eschmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-12
Linebacker written by Karl J. Eschmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-12 with categories.
Twelve days that shook the world. The beginning of the end.By the end of Day 9, the bombing of North Vietnam had taken an enormous toll. The planners were running out of suitable targets because the damage inflicted on most targets was higher than initially predicted. It became questionable whether those few targets remaining in the high threat areas were even of sufficient worth to continue attacking. The commander of the air force in the Pacific even suggested that it was time to look for targets in lower threat areas.As on previous days, the TACAIR support effectively countered the enemy defenses. The few MiGs which had managed to get airborne were driven away by the American fighter patrols. Although up to 70 SAMs had been fired at the B-52's, the accuracy was noticeably poorer. The last desperate attempts to defend Hanoi were being made and it appeared the offensive was rapidly coming to a conclusion.In late 1972, the Vietnam peace talks were stalled, with the war at perhaps its most crucial point. The United States was searching for a way to strangle North Vietnam's war-waging capabilities by shutting down its supply pipelines in order to force it back to the negotiating table. The solution: Linebacker II, a massive, intricately coordinated twelve-day assault by over 700 combat aircraft against vital targets around Hanoi and Haiphong, enemy cities heavily guarded by MiGs, SAM missiles, and radar-guided antiaircraft.Here is an unprecedented look at one of the most critical campaigns of modern air warfare, a previously untold story, documented in rich, fascinating detail. It is told in the vividly personal words of the pilots and crews who flew the missions -- men who dramatically helped to end the American role in the Vietnam conflict and to bring the POWs home. Praise for Linebacker "Military buffs will appreciate this minutely detailed report of the American bombing raids over North Vietnam and the daring helicopter rescues." - Publishers WeeklyKarl J Eschmann graduated from Texas A&M University in 1971 with a Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering, and a Master's Degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Logistics Management in 1989. As a Second Lieutenant in 1972-73, he was a flight line maintenance officer responsible for two squadrons of F-4E Phantom IIs during the Linebacker I & II air offensives, as well as the Cambodian and Laotian campaigns. Since then he has had a distinguished air force career. He retired as a Full Colonel in 1998.
Limits Of Air Power
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Author : Mark Clodfelter
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1989-05-18
Limits Of Air Power written by Mark Clodfelter and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-05-18 with History categories.
The Limits of Air Power analyzes the American bombing campaigns in Vietnam and shows why the use of air power, so effective in previous wars, proved unsuccessful in a limited war. Major Mark Clodfelter, a military historian, assesses the American use of air power from World War II through the Vietnam War, and shows how its effectiveness declined in Vietnam when air commanders and political leaders were faced with a very different kind of conflict than they had previously experienced. During World War II there was a very clear military objective – destruction of the Axis powers, in which the critical role of air power culminated in the detonation of two atomic bombs over Japan. During the Korean War, the threat of aerial attacks against North Korean dams hastened that war’s conclusion. But in Vietnam – where the enemy fought a guerrilla war and was not dependent on supply lines, and where no industrial economy existed – the threat of air power had less effect. The lessons learned from Vietnam, says the author, must become a part of Air Force doctrine going forward, and we ignore the lessons at our own peril. The New York Times praised The Limits of Air Power as “a courageous book. . . . It will enlighten any citizen interested in knowing whether the Air Force is prepared to do its job.”
The Limits Of Air Power
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Author : Mark Clodfelter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Limits Of Air Power written by Mark Clodfelter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
Clodfelter analyzes the strategic bombing campaigns of the Vietnam era and reveals the serious pitfalls in the reliance on air power as a primary instrument in a limited war.
Report On The War In Vietnam As Of 30 June 1968
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Author : United States. Pacific Command
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Report On The War In Vietnam As Of 30 June 1968 written by United States. Pacific Command and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Strategy For Defeat
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Author : Ulysses S. Grant Sharp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Strategy For Defeat written by Ulysses S. Grant Sharp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Operation Linebacker Ii 1972
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Author : Marshall Michel III
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Operation Linebacker Ii 1972 written by Marshall Michel III and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
After the failed April 1972 invasion of South Vietnam and the heavy US tactical bombing raids in the Hanoi area, the North Vietnamese agreed to return to the Paris peace talks, yet very quickly these negotiations stalled. In an attempt to end the war quickly and 'persuade' the North Vietnamese to return to the negotiating table, President Nixon ordered the Air Force to send the US' ultimate conventional weapon, the B-52 bomber, against their capital, Hanoi. Bristling with the latest Soviet air defence missiles, it was the most heavily defended target in Vietnam. Taking place in late December, this campaign was soon dubbed the 'Christmas Bombings'. Using specially commissioned artwork and maps, ex-USAF fighter colonel Marshall Michel describes Linebacker II, the climax of the air war over Vietnam, and history's only example of how America's best Cold War bombers performed against contemporary Soviet air defences.
Air Power In Three Wars Wwii Korea Vietnam
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Author : William W. Momyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Air Power In Three Wars Wwii Korea Vietnam written by William W. Momyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Air power categories.
To Hanoi And Back
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Author : Wayne Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2014-07-15
To Hanoi And Back written by Wayne Thompson and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with History categories.
After nearly eighteen months of the largely unsuccessful bombing campaign called Operation Rolling Thunder, the US Air Force began to look for ways to overcome technological, geographical, and political challenges in North Vietnam and use limited air power more effectively. In 1972 the two Linebacker campaigns joined with other air operations to make a dramatic, although temporary, difference. While they unleashed powerful B-52 area bombers, the campaigns also demonstrated the efficacy of newly developed laser-guided precision bombs. Drawing upon twenty years of research in classified records, Wayne Thompson integrates operational, political, and personal detail to present a full history of the Air Force role in the war against North Vietnam. He provides an unprecedented view of the motivations and actions of the people involved—from aircrews to generals to politicians—in every phase of the air campaigns. He outlines, for instance, the political reasons for President Johnson's reluctance to use B-52 bombers against major North Vietnamese targets. He also examines how the media influenced US policy and how US prisoners became the war's most celebrated heroes. The war in Southeast Asia ultimately pushed the Air Force toward adopting more flexible tactics and incorporating increasingly sophisticated weapons that would shape later conflicts.