Infuriated, President Nixon ordered plans drawn up for retaliatory bombings of North Vietnam.
Which president ordered a continuous bombing campaign over North Vietnam and sent the first combat troops to South Vietnam?
The bombing campaign, dubbed Linebacker II, continued until Dec.
Which president ordered a continuous bombing campaign over north Vietnam and sent the first combat troops to South Vietnam? Dwight Eisenhower
On 4 April, Nixon authorized the bombing of North Vietnam (which had been limited to reprisal raids just above the DMZ) up to the 18th parallel. In order to prevent ...
However, South Vietnam continued to experience political instability and military losses to North Vietnam.
We have been engaged in discussions with the North Vietnamese in Paris since last May.
while ordering the secret B–52 bombings of North Vietnamese base camps in
3,500 troops, went ashore near Da Nang to protect the airfields, with orders to
rebuffed, the President ordered the resumption of the bombing raids effective May 18.