The mass bombing campaign (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Start date of Operation Rolling Thunder
Start date of Operation Rolling Thunder
March 1965
End date of Operation Rolling Thunder
End date of Operation Rolling Thunder
November 1968
Duration of Operation Rolling Thunder
Duration of Operation Rolling Thunder
3 years (initially expected 8 weeks)
Total bombs dropped in Operation Rolling Thunder
Total bombs dropped in Operation Rolling Thunder
900,000 tons
Casualties from Operation Rolling Thunder
Casualties from Operation Rolling Thunder
90,000 casualties
Length of the Ho Chi Minh Trail network
Length of the Ho Chi Minh Trail network
16,000 kilometres
Neutral countries Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through
Neutral countries Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through
Laos and Cambodia
Purpose of Agent Orange in Vietnam
Purpose of Agent Orange in Vietnam
Destroy vegetation & expose hidden paths
What made napalm particularly devastating
What made napalm particularly devastating
Burning substance adhered to human skin
US airmen shot down during the bombing campaign
US airmen shot down during the bombing campaign
745 US airmen
Journey time on Ho Chi Minh Trail (after improvements)
Journey time on Ho Chi Minh Trail (after improvements)
6 weeks on foot
Main source of supplies reaching the Vietcong
Main source of supplies reaching the Vietcong
China (not North Vietnam)
North Vietnamese response to bomb damage
North Vietnamese response to bomb damage
Thousands of civilians continuously repaired damage
Vietcong countermeasures against bombing
Vietcong countermeasures against bombing
Built concealed underground facilities along trail
Two main objectives of Operation Rolling Thunder
Two main objectives of Operation Rolling Thunder
Stop N. Vietnamese support & destroy supply infrastructure