Operation Linebacker II is informally and more generally known as this.
- The Christmas Bombing
- The Peace Bombing
- The Spring Air Offensive
- Going Downtown
The Christmas Bombing. Taking place from 18 to 29 December 1972, it was conceived as a “maximum effort” air campaign designed to “destroy major target complexes in the Hanoi and Haiphong areas.”
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