Richard Milhous Nixon16 April 1972
US bombers attack Hanoi, 1st raid on a North Vietnamese city by the US since 1968
United States · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
US bombers attack Hanoi, 1st raid on a North Vietnamese city by the US since 1968
Senate debates the bombing of Hanoi & refuses to support Nixon's policy in Vietnam
Nixon orders a 3 day bombing offensive against Hanoi-Haiphong, Operation Linebacker II
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