Operation+Rolling+Thunder

Operation Rolling Thunder  Operation Rolling Thunder was the name given to America’s bombing campaign against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Operation Rolling Thunder was a demonstration of America’s total air supremacy during the Vietnam War. This was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam's Communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam. Because this was America’s first sustained assault against the Vietnamese, it showed that American involvement in Vietnam was increasing on a great scale.

 During Operation Rolling Thunder there was no real objective in sight. Ultimately America wanted to weaken Vietnam’s ability to wage war but in the first several weeks of bombing the U.S was not getting anywhere, because of this the aim of the bombings soon changed into being used as an attempt to change North Vietnamese policy. The bombing tended to be directed against men and supplies from the North, by this it damaged the enemy militarily while warning the enemy of the danger of greater destruction if there was maintained use of aggression. Eventually President Johnson would end the bombings.

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