Rolling Thunder, the force which caused unparalleled destruction.
Rolling Thunder was America's continuous bombing runs in Vietnam. The two main purposes of this operation were to prove American air supremacy, and to scare and dishearten the Vietnamese into thinking that their government was not fit to run the country. This attempt to demoralize the Vietnamese was a way of destroying Vietnam from the inside out. Unfortunately, this plan failed on both parts.
"Operation Rolling Thunder was given government approval and officially started on February 24th 1965 though the first attack did not occur until March 2nd when 100 US and VNAF planes attacked an ammunition base at Xom Bang. The bombing campaign lasted until October 1968, despite the fact that it was meant to have been no more than an eight-week campaign." (historylearningsite.co.uk)
America had to tread lightly in what they did, because they did not want to anger China or Soviet Russia. After America saw that the planned psychological affects of their attacks were not resulting how they had wanted, they chose to use the bombings to destroy supply lines, and to cripple Vietnam more practically then psychologically.
"Operation Rolling Thunder was given government approval and officially started on February 24th 1965 though the first attack did not occur until March 2nd when 100 US and VNAF planes attacked an ammunition base at Xom Bang. The bombing campaign lasted until October 1968, despite the fact that it was meant to have been no more than an eight-week campaign." (historylearningsite.co.uk)
America had to tread lightly in what they did, because they did not want to anger China or Soviet Russia. After America saw that the planned psychological affects of their attacks were not resulting how they had wanted, they chose to use the bombings to destroy supply lines, and to cripple Vietnam more practically then psychologically.