found itself committed, through its acceptance of the policy of containment and belief in the domino theory, to defending South Vietnam from what it saw as expansive communist aggression. initially delivered monetary aid, military advisors, and supplies. To combat the VC and to shore up the government in the south, the U.S. In response to President Ngo Dinh Diem's abrogation of the 1956 reunification election and suppression of communists during the late 1950s, Hanoi had begun sending arms and materiel to the Vietcong (VC), who were fighting an insurgency to topple the American-supported Saigon government. This led to the cancellation of Operation Rolling Thunder in 1968.įurther information on the origins of American involvement in Vietnam: Gulf of Tonkin Incident Background Supported by its communist allies, the Soviet Union and China, North Vietnam fielded a potent mixture of MiG fighter-interceptor jets and sophisticated air-to-air and surface-to-air weapons that created one of the most effective air defenses ever faced by American military aviators. The operation became the most intense air/ground battle waged during the Cold War period it was the most difficult such campaign fought by the United States since the aerial bombardment of Germany during World War II.
and its allies by Cold War exigencies, and the military aid and assistance received by North Vietnam from its communist allies, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and North Korea. Attainment of these objectives was made difficult by both the restraints imposed upon the U.S.
The four objectives of the operation (which evolved over time) were to boost the sagging morale of the Saigon regime in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to persuade North Vietnam to cease its support for the communist insurgency in South Vietnam without sending ground forces into communist North Vietnam to destroy North Vietnam's transportation system, industrial base, and air defenses and to halt the flow of men and materiel into South Vietnam. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 2 March 1965 until 2 November 1968, during the Vietnam War. Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States (U.S.) 2nd Air Division (later Seventh Air Force), U.S.
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