Operation Linebacker II 1972 - The B-52s are sent to Hanoi
Zaloga, Stephen J./Turner, Graham (Illustr.)
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.
Paperback, 96 Seiten, durchgängig bebildert mit zeitgenössischen
Fotos, Farbillustrationen von Kampfsituationen, Karten und 3D
Operationsdiagrammen, engl. Text
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