Operation Vulture

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Curtis_Le_May
gptkbp:approves President Richard Nixon
gptkbp:cancellation_reason supply lines
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_William_Westmoreland
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:government_agency
the dry season
Congressional approval
gptkbp:convicted_of ground operations
U. S. military leadership.
gptkbp:date gptkb:1971
gptkbp:depicted_in escalation of conflict
gptkbp:duration several weeks
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Operation_Lam_Son_719
gptkbp:goal support Royal Lao Government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Vulture
gptkbp:increased North Vietnamese activity
gptkbp:influenced_by Cold War dynamics
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Laos
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:is_aimed_at gptkb:North_Vietnamese_forces
disrupting enemy logistics
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in historical studies
gptkbp:is_characterized_by intensive bombing campaigns
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:civilian_casualties
anti-war activists
local populations
secretive nature
gptkbp:is_documented_in military reports
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:B-52_bombers
gptkbp:is_part_of Operation Menu
gptkbp:is_referenced_in military strategy discussions
gptkbp:is_supported_by some military leaders
gptkbp:location gptkb:Laos
gptkbp:meets mixed reactions
gptkbp:notable_operations in Laos
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:partnership gptkb:South_Vietnamese_forces
gptkbp:proposed_by North Vietnamese infiltration
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:airstrikes
gptkbp:significance controversial military action
U. S. military involvement in Southeast Asia
gptkbp:strategic_importance gptkb:Vietnamization
some historians
weaken enemy morale
gptkbp:type air operation
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for contain communism
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Ho_Chi_Minh_Trail
air support