Linebacker I

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Linebacker I was a major U.S. bombing campaign conducted against North Vietnam in 1972 during the Vietnam War.

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Linebacker I canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation ⓘ
Vietnam War operation ⓘ
aerial bombing campaign ⓘ
aimedAt supporting South Vietnamese forces ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Linebacker ⓘ
authorizedBy President Richard Nixon ⓘ
linked to: Richard Nixon
belligerent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
United States ⓘ
commandedBy United States Pacific Command ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1972-10-23 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Linebacker II ⓘ
hasPart mining of Haiphong Harbor ⓘ
implementedBy President Richard Nixon ⓘ
linked to: Richard Nixon
location Haiphong ⓘ
linked to: Hai Phong

Hanoi ⓘ
North Vietnam ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
objective to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines ⓘ
to halt North Vietnamese Easter Offensive ⓘ
to interdict transportation networks in North Vietnam ⓘ
opponent North Vietnam ⓘ
partOf Vietnam War ⓘ
precededBy Operation Freedom Train ⓘ
Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
result contributed to North Vietnamese willingness to resume peace talks in Paris ⓘ
significant disruption of North Vietnamese logistics ⓘ
startDate 1972-05-09 ⓘ
strategicContext North Vietnamese Easter Offensive of 1972 ⓘ
targeted airfields ⓘ
bridges ⓘ
petroleum storage facilities ⓘ
power plants ⓘ
rail lines ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedWarfareType strategic bombing ⓘ
tactical bombing ⓘ
usedWeapon B-52 Stratofortress bombers ⓘ
F-4 Phantom II aircraft ⓘ
mines ⓘ
naval aviation ⓘ
precision-guided munitions ⓘ
year 1972 ⓘ

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Operation Linebacker → alsoKnownAs → Linebacker I ⓘ