Easter Offensive
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The Easter Offensive, also known as the 1972 Spring–Summer Offensive by North Vietnam, or the Fiery Red Summer in South Vietnamese literature, was a military campaign conducted by the People's Army of
North Vietnamese Type 59 tank captured by the ARVN 20th Tank Regiment south of the town of Đông Hà
PAVN offensive in I Corps
ARVN M-48 tanks are positioned near the Dong Ha River overlooking QL-9 during the Easter Offensive, 10 April 1972
South Vietnamese northern defense line
Operation Linebacker
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Operation Linebacker was the codename of a U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against North Vietnam from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietna
Easter Offensive
…high casualties, lack of fuel and the increasing application of U.S. and South Vietnamese air power. One result of the offensive was the launching of Operation Linebacker, the first sustained bombing of North Vietnam by the U.S. since November 1968. Although South Vietnamese forces withstood their greatest trial thus far…
A 388th TFW SAM hunter-killer team refueling on its way to North Vietnam, October 1972
North Vietnamese anti-aircraft defense weapons
VA-195 A-7E bombing the Hải Dương bridge, 10 May 1972