Operation Linebacker

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aerial bombing campaign military operation

Operation Linebacker was a major U.S. aerial bombing campaign conducted in 1972 against North Vietnam to disrupt its supply lines and support South Vietnamese forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Linebacker canonical	8
Operation Linebacker II	7
led to Operation Linebacker	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial bombing campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Linebacker I ⓘ
authorizedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
belligerent	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commander	John D. Lavelle ⓘ John W. Vogt Jr. ⓘ
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1972 ⓘ
endDate	1972-10-23 ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Linebacker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Operation Linebacker II
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
implementedBy	Seventh Air Force ⓘ Task Force 77 ⓘ
location	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
notableAction	mining of Haiphong Harbor approaches ⓘ
objective	disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines ⓘ halt North Vietnamese Easter Offensive ⓘ interdict supplies moving along routes into South Vietnam ⓘ support South Vietnamese forces ⓘ
opponent	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
partOf	Vietnam War ⓘ
precededBy	Operation Menu ⓘ Operation Rolling Thunder ⓘ
result	contributed to North Vietnam’s decision to return to peace talks in Paris ⓘ significant disruption of North Vietnamese logistics ⓘ
startDate	1972-05-09 ⓘ
status	completed ⓘ
target	air defenses ⓘ bridges ⓘ petroleum storage facilities ⓘ ports ⓘ power plants ⓘ rail lines ⓘ roads ⓘ
theater	Southeast Asia ⓘ
usedForceType	strategic bombing ⓘ tactical air strikes ⓘ
usedWeapon	A-6 Intruder ⓘ Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ surface form: B-52 Stratofortress F-4 Phantom II (modernized variants) ⓘ surface form: F-4 Phantom II laser-guided bombs ⓘ precision-guided munitions ⓘ