Operation Linebacker II

When

18 Dec 1972 – 29 Dec 1972

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

21.03° N, 105.85° E

Description

1972 USAF strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1972 U.S. bombing campaign during the Vietnam War

Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombing and, in Vietnam, the Twelve days and nights, or Điện Biên Phủ of the Sky, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against military and industrial areas of North Vietnam from 18 December to 29 December 1972, during the Vietnam War.

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