Operation Flaming Dart7 February 1965
Johnson orders retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnam after the attack on Camp Holloway near Pleiku
Historical person
Lyndon B Johnson Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Lyndon B Johnson, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Vietnam.
5 records1965–19655 events3 places
Chronological biography
1965
Operation Rolling Thunder2 March 1965
Johnson begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam under Operation Rolling Thunder
US Ground Escalation8 March 1965
Johnson authorises the deployment of Marines to defend the Da Nang air base
Operation Steel Tiger3 April 1965
Johnson approves expanded air interdiction against infiltration routes through Laos
Operation Arc Light18 June 1965
Johnson authorises the first B-52 combat strikes under Operation Arc Light
Titles and roles
President of USA
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.