- The U.S. and the North Vietnamese were involded in the bombing.
- It was located in Hanoi and Haiphong, Vietnam. Occured April 16,1972.
- This was known as the "Easter Offensive" to the United States.
- The U.S. had decided that the Northern Vietnamese were becoming an issue to the South in which they steped in to slow the invasions into the south.
- This was the first use of B-52's and first attacks on the cities since 1968.
- 18 B-52's, 100 U.S. Navy, and the Airforce's figher-bombers bombed supply dumps near Haiphong's Harbor.
- The U.S. has annouiced that they would Bomb only military targets anywhere in North Vietnam to defend the Southern Vietnamese.
- The North Vietnamese included 14 infantry divisions, and 26 seperate regiments.
- They also had an increasing number of 120,000 plus troops, and about 1,200 tanks or other armored veichles.
- The Objectives of the North Vietnamese was to Kontum in centeral Highlands, and An Lov farther ot the south.
- The southern Vietnamese had fought for their lives, and had been victorious with the help from U.S. advisors and massive airpowers.
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