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
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
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
Operation Linebacker
…the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials for the Nguyen Hue Offensive (known in the West as the Easter Offensive), an invasion of the South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) that had been launched on 30 March. Linebacker was the first…
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