I flew from Thailand in an F4 all eleven nights. I still remember seeing B52s. Hit by SAMs and hearing the beepers as the crews bailed out. Today I wonder if the sacrifices were worth the effort?
@AnhTuanTran774773 жыл бұрын
For nothing buddy. I would say the US should have not engage to Vietnam were better
@just1time2223 жыл бұрын
You mean the 2 million plus Vietnamese that lost their lives only because they lived under a government that they didn't elect ?
@shiroineko133 жыл бұрын
Nope. Just another meaningless war bickering about absolutely nothing, people losing everything, history repeating itself.
@nectar-bo7pb3 жыл бұрын
@@just1time222 they did elect, man, they did for sure... they Vietnamese didn't die for nothing.
@kevin34343434343 жыл бұрын
Nope. Not worth it. A pointless war.
@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars4 жыл бұрын
It's insane. Exactly the same raid three nights running? Either the SAC staff were extraordinarily arrogant or unbelievably stupid. What a waste of aircraft and crews!
@christopherkalble43734 жыл бұрын
The Deep State Strikes Again.
@lukeshaul8204 жыл бұрын
@@christopherkalble4373 More like the Religious Right and various other types of groups.
@lukeshaul8204 жыл бұрын
Various groups wave hi from Rome, Italy.
@ivebeenbamboozled92104 жыл бұрын
Sac at the time was drilled for nuclear strikes. That's how they planned their missions as if they're dropping nukes. In nuclear war there is no need for complex strikes because the first wave of bombers would have wipe that area clean of all threats. But in conventional warfare it's redundant.
@JohnRodriguesPhotographer4 жыл бұрын
Probably both
@jeffsena91402 жыл бұрын
I flew all eleven Linebacker II missions in as a WSO 497TFS from Ubon AFB Thailand. We laid a chaff corridor for the B 52’s. Although many SA2s were fired and MIGs were sighted we made home safe each night. Not so lucky were the ten B 52’s and crew members that were lost. I can still remember seeing a fireball from a B 52 that was hit at the time I was RTB miles away over Laos!
@davidlindburg1921 Жыл бұрын
To lose ten B52s in a single mission - all those lives, the training, the equipment... all lost.
@diemtran7503 Жыл бұрын
A viet had read this Thank you
@гольф2бравобраво11 ай бұрын
Они погибли не зря🙏
@ZRockwell9 ай бұрын
Your a king. I hope your enjoying your retirement!
@rogerthat45458 ай бұрын
My father was with 307th bomb wing.. he claimed 5 migs and a friendly were shot down by the BUFF.. I read on some random website it was only 1. Would you happen to know? Welcome home BTW
@slags834 жыл бұрын
My uncle was the commander of Charcoal 1 and one of the ones who perished. It was hit by two SAMs at once and one of them hit the cockpit fatally wounding my uncle and killing his copilot and gunner. The other three guys managed to eject and became short term residents of the Hanoi Hilton until they were released in early 1973. My uncle managed to eject, but he was dead before he hit the ground from a massive abdominal wound. The wreckage of the aircraft is in a military museum in Hanoi to this day. The bravery required from everyone involved in LB2 to penetrate one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world at that time is nothing short of amazing.
@MrNicoJac4 жыл бұрын
Damn, that's rough.... How did you learn what happened? Did the Vietnamese find him on the ground, or did his crewmates have radio contact somehow? I hope your family got his body back and were able to give him an honorable burial. May he rest in peace.
@PCSheepy4 жыл бұрын
Brave guys indeed. Thanks so much for sharing your uncles story. 👍🏽
@MrNicoJac4 жыл бұрын
@@slags83 Surprisingly decent of them to show his body to the survivors, and to bury him. Must've been heartbreaking to see, but at least they got some closure, and knew he wasn't tortured to death or something. (by that I mean that it's very different from what the Japanese would have done in WW2) Anyway, I'm glad y'all got the opportunity to bury him at home, afterwards. Thanks for elaborating! That link you shared is quite interesting
@danastewart30914 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry Mike. Those guys were among the best.
@basemanawakens60894 жыл бұрын
@@slags83 sorry to hear about your uncle and your family's loss.
@SwooceMaster4 жыл бұрын
Another military history channel with a charming British narrator? I'm sold. (Seriously though, your channel is fantastic. Keep up the content!)
@prerakkalla4 жыл бұрын
Mark Felton intensifies
@thomasjust26633 жыл бұрын
I find the accent annoying and distracting
@DSAEAyushSK3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasjust2663 come back when you have something important to say.
@sunnyclean97433 жыл бұрын
Bro his accent is perfect like its mad satisfying for some reason
@zanecosgrove48203 жыл бұрын
@@thomasjust2663 I find your comment annoying and distracting
@AndrewTranBaseball Жыл бұрын
My mom was 2 yrs old, my uncle was a few months old during the attack. Must have been so scary to live in such condition. My grandpa was a communication officer in Vietnamese People Army, he was frequently tasked to check out communication posts around Hanoi. I remembered him telling me he was so exhausted 1 night during the attack after having brought his family to the bunker and returned to his house, he felt asleep despite being so close to the 100mm AA gun battery. The sound of bomb, AA fire did not seem to effect him, he was just too tired. I can't imagine what it was like to be in such a condition.
@bradr2142 Жыл бұрын
He loved being a dad.
@Michou_888 Жыл бұрын
🙏 thank you for sharing this
@longshotny10 ай бұрын
15:22 all prisoners of War were not🚫 returned home. intentionally abandoned pows, in EVERY war pre 9/11. I'm terribly troubled, reading several books, videos documenting facts my disgraceful USA😡. 1) AN ENORMOUS CRIME by Bill Hendon, and 2) ABANDONED IN PLACE by Lynn O'shea.
@kevindorland7387 ай бұрын
The common man continues to pay the highest price.
@robertmaybeth34347 ай бұрын
So how does everyone like living in Vietnam communism now? Is it the worker's paradise I know it must be?
@chevyjennings34044 жыл бұрын
Was in Guam for 6 mo and worked this operation. We launched 3 B-52's per hour, called ball games, 24 hrs a day for a total of 72 aircraft a day to bomb Viet Nam. Did that for 6 months straight just out of Anderson AFB. About a 13 hr flight. A few never came back.
@Player-2573 жыл бұрын
Respect
@stuckingachahell3 жыл бұрын
@@MisterMacross it would have been better if Russia and China after ww2 would have kept to themselves and didnt try expanding and oppressing their own populations causing the entire cold war and US involvement and most proxy wars would have never happened, if you ever find the US in a conflict after ww2 100% you can find Russia or China doing the same thing for the opposite side.
@DiverseLA3 жыл бұрын
@@MisterMacross Too bad for you because most came back. I’m glad you’re mad about it
@DavidEVogel3 жыл бұрын
The same pace as U-Tapao. 3 B52s plus one KC135. The USO, Airmans club, chow halls were open 24/7.
@bravoyab96343 жыл бұрын
Respect. Thx for sharing
@TheNerdForAllSeasons4 жыл бұрын
"Sir, our jamming isn't really working." "Ok, grab all the Reynolds tin foil out of the mess and chop it up. We're gonna make it rain."
@captainsternn76844 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@MaxwellAerialPhotography4 жыл бұрын
thats what the british did to jam german radar in the second world war. released massive clouds of aluminum foil strips.
@johnscala78704 жыл бұрын
Ha! My Nephew got Caught by the Local athorities for Stealing POWER using Tin Foil!!😄
@billfish62444 жыл бұрын
Chaff
@ricovali92454 жыл бұрын
Still used today. In fact, the military used it several times on our radar a few years ago.Weather radar and airports picked it up.
@cameralabvietnam2 жыл бұрын
My aunt’s family used to live in Khâm Thiên street, next to Dân Chủ Theater (fun fact, Dân Chủ means Democracy, LoL) very close to Hanoi Railway Station - a major bombing raid target during Linebacker II. November 26, 1972 was the day a B-52 raid stripped the whole street clean - 2000 houses were destroyed, included my aunt’s house. Luckily she and her husband went down the bomb shelter just in time, survived the raid and was later rescued from the rumble - many other weren’t such fortunate. She would later have 5 daughters, become a great auntie, but after 50 years she still sometimes complains about having nightmares of bomb raids. No matter which side you are, war is terrible.
@willdsm084 жыл бұрын
I would like to think that the military planners were charged with negligence for proposing the same attack plan on three consecutive nights, but I'm sure they were not. I'm pretty sure I know what the crews would have liked to do to them though.
@md.tamzidislam65804 жыл бұрын
I would also like to think that the entire US military were charged with warcrimes in the Hague, but hey we can't get everything we want
@daxmac36914 жыл бұрын
@@md.tamzidislam6580 Hey Bumpy, didn't you hear, World Court in the Hague has a huge backlog of murders by moustache man, Uncle Joe Stalin, Mao, KIM, and Le Duan.
@md.tamzidislam65804 жыл бұрын
The reds ought to be followed by the imperials tbh as they are reskinned imperials having imperialistic ambitions
@Mark_Cook4 жыл бұрын
Bump player 55 Imperials? During the Vietnam war they practically banned themselves from actually operating in North Vietnam. The US military by itself could easily have completely crushed them and annexed it as a territory if they were actually looking for conquest. Instead the entire war was mismanaged and only fought to directly defend south Vietnam. Even then every single battle was a crushing military success. Vietnam was horrific for the North, they simply didn’t give up until they were forced to, and then just ignored the peace deal a few years later.
@andreweasternman87884 жыл бұрын
TbH David, one lacks a working brain in their head, if they automatically assume that the ability to afford and drive a triple figure-priced car will make them superior to oh, let's say... those who drive higher quality Toyotas. I'd be surprised if you have a triple-digit IQ,if yer one of those people who think that the higher the priced the car,the better the quality.. . the more dependable... etc. Because everybody knows that both Honda and Toyota lead the pack, in terms of long-lasting dependability,and durability--AND value.Truth, and fact. So... just say'n. You ought not judge a man by the price of car he drives; makes ya look libtarded.
@omnipitous46484 жыл бұрын
I grew up during that era. My father was in Vietnam. This is the best description of "Linebacker 2" I have ever seen.
@MrDrGeneralChef3 жыл бұрын
There's a famous caution given to military leaders when they engage in a new conflict, "Don't fight the last war". An air campaign on this scale with those objectives is clearly reminiscent of the bombings over Germany during WWII. Waves of heavy bombers, dropping massive payloads, following the same routes multiple times over the same targets was the hallmark strategy of the air campaign in the 40s. It's fascinating to see how SAC adapted in such a short time and maximized the effectiveness of their resources at hand (ie large numbers of B52s, Wild Weasels, Aardvarks, and electronic warfare equipment), despite having had access to the same equipment for almost a decade already. Thanks for the excellent video.
@FsimulatorX2 жыл бұрын
That was also one of the reasons why the stealth F-117 was shotdoen over Serbia
@Laotzu.Goldbug2 жыл бұрын
I would say ironically they lost precisely because they weren't fighting the last war. If they had treated the Vietnamese like they had treated the Germans, Hanoi would have ceased to exist within a few days. It was precisely because they were trying to fly such limited missions that they ended up exposing themselves to tremendous risk. If they had just committed themselves to completely destroying the North Vietnamese War Machine as quickly and as brutally as possible, there is nothing they could have done to stop it.
@jwg722 жыл бұрын
Even in the 1940s... approaches were varied, and evasive maneuvers were taken to throw off the ranging and lead calculations of flak directors...
@thethirdman2252 жыл бұрын
@@Laotzu.Goldbug It didn't work in WWII. What makes you think it would have worked any better in Vietnam? And in the end it didn't. There are always those who say, "Shoulda gone hard early," but it was never going to work. The reason was perfectly simple: the Americans were not only fighting the North. All this did was to further erode public opinion of American motives and strategic competence.
@Daz9122 жыл бұрын
@@thethirdman225 it didn’t work in WW2? German industrial production was down 70% by the end of 1944
@stanstanly38124 жыл бұрын
I was on Guam (Andersen AFB) during this time. My father was a fuel manager in the Air Force. I went to School in Aganda and we would see miles and miles of flatbed trucks carrying MK-82 bombs headed for Anderson. Also over 100 B-52's were stationed on Guam. For a little kid...it was quite amazing and surreal. I remember how hard it was for me to sleep, and everyone else. The B-52's were taking off every 5 min 24 hrs a day for 2 weeks! A lot of folks have no idea how many bombs were dropped. My dad would come home and I knew right away because I could smell JP-4 Jet Fuel all over him!
@j.r.32153 жыл бұрын
Actually the numbers of B52s on Guam was closer to 200.
@cuocsongnoithaonguyen68792 жыл бұрын
Và sự tàn bạo độc ác cũa mỹ đã bị trả giá. Gần 100% người dân mỹ đã biểu tình vì tổng thống nickxơn đã đi cướp còn giết người tàn độc. Cuối cùng thì thua tan nát
@TungPham-cy7zk Жыл бұрын
Bạn có biết sự thật là những chiếc b52 ₫ó ₫ã ₫i sát hại rất nhiều người dân và trẻ nhỏ của người Việt Nam chúng tôi không
@samsamaniego3251 Жыл бұрын
I was there in 1972 for LINEBACKER 1 and we had close to 150 B-52s. We launched 3 at the top of the hour and recovered at the bottom of the hour . This was 24 / 7 from February through October 1972 ,I rotated back to the world in October .
@ItsAVolcano4 жыл бұрын
I remember reading accounts from NVN and Vietcong veterans after the war. Pretty much all of them mentioned being genuinely scared of the B-52's. Up until Charcoal 1 was downed, they were seen as untouchable and able to penetrate all but the absolute deepest redoubts. Plus even if you survived you knew you were gonna spend a few days/weeks waiting for someone to dig you out as there usually wasn't enough oxygen flow left after the strikes to allow those trapped to do much of anything but wait.
@zebradun74074 жыл бұрын
The first realization the VC/PAVN were being Arclighted was when the jungle a mile away began to come apart in a Tsunami of bombs, two miles long, one mile wide a whole grid square wiped.
@curlyplumbing51214 жыл бұрын
I stood in a bomb crater in Cu Chi Province VN, I believe it was from a MK84 2000pd bomb. The crater was 15m wide and 6 meters deep. Blast zone around 1km from x, anything living in that area would be killed. TERRIFYING ! ! !
@just1time2223 жыл бұрын
Oh you guys love it .. blood and guts spilling all over .. protecting our freedom to vote ... OMG
@insideoutsideupsidedown22183 жыл бұрын
@championszz hmmm…sounds familiar….
@MrJinxyBuster3 жыл бұрын
@@zebradun7407 Yeah my dad (who was there) said an Arclight strike looked liked the surface of the moon. Just - nothing and craters for one mile wide two miles long.
@phildiegidio46583 жыл бұрын
Also, for those who worked on the ECM gear, it was designed to work better in the 3 plane cell format. Those cells that were only 2 birds had a 40% reduction in jamming coverage. The D's had some pretty heavy jamming gear. And also changed from using the Bomb Nav sighting to the SkySpot radar targeting. I worked on this system. It gave the Bomb Nav a tone and a light to drop bombs. I can't tell you how well it worked, I never debriefed the Nav's to ask. But I kept fixing them. SST-181 was the unit. Look it up.
@tinto2782 жыл бұрын
Not all B52s had the same ECM gear.
@Defender782 жыл бұрын
12:51 why didnt they make four-ship cell out of the remaining planes? did not the planners know that two-ship cells would be at a defensive disadvantage??
@OTSSquad2 жыл бұрын
@@Defender78 Yeah I was wondering why didn't just go with a one time 4 plane augmented cell as well.
@AK47s4EveryOne2 жыл бұрын
@@Defender78 welcome to dealing with leadership in the military.
@iivin42332 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a KZbin channel that deals with the signals side of military history. There's a niche open for you if you're bored.
@karlthekatplayz86864 жыл бұрын
please continue to make more amazing history videos good sir!
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
More to come!
@minhnguyennang30574 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom The terible power of the super fortress flying b52 is thousands os times bigger than the atomic bombs dropped on japan
@alexanderrahl4823 жыл бұрын
@@minhnguyennang3057 Stratofortress.
@CuongPham-mx6de3 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom I saw about the b52 plane damage number stated in the video is not correct
@pixelyz77923 жыл бұрын
@@CuongPham-mx6de Maybe that source isn’t correct
@skeggjoldgunnr3167 Жыл бұрын
My dad's B52 got hit by a SAM over Hanoi one of those nights - right in the nose radome. Smoke filled the cockpit. They opened the bomb bay doors to let the smoke out. My dad sat on the lower bomb rail (this was prior to rotary bomb rack conversion). U-Tapao foamed the runway, as landing gear would not go down. Flaps would not engage. They had bled too much hydraulic fluid. The BUFF slammed down on the runway, compressing every disk in my dad's back. In 1995 I found him unconscious beside the house in a pool of blood - he had passed out from a back spasm and fell to the side and struck his head on a stone flower bed retainer wall. That's when I started watching him closely and standing near him to catch him if he falls.
@patriciajohnson6653 Жыл бұрын
Thank you and your hero dad
@thuankhong Жыл бұрын
.These planes and the ones that fell into the sea are not considered to be... shot down because the North Vietnamese have no evidence. Shameless lies.
@ngokiet4832 Жыл бұрын
@@patriciajohnson6653 He wasn't hero he was a killer? You should watch videos about the innocent citizens died because those damn B 52?
@Vietnam-russia Жыл бұрын
@@patriciajohnson6653 your B52 bombing my country 36k ton bombs and killed 2000 innocent civilians = hero?
@SilverMist0121 Жыл бұрын
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
@davidballard17453 жыл бұрын
During Linebacker 1 I was a member of an Infantry Brigade 196th and we were in blocking positions north and west of Phu Bai when the NVA attacked the South Vietnamese units stationed along the DMZ and the Hue/ Phu Bai area in the northern I Corps area. The South Vietnamese were getting pounded by NVA Artillery units and then Armor units of the north started getting across the DMZ . We were issued LAW Anti-tank weapons to use in the event Armor units broke through and tried to out flank from the west. We stayed up at this area until Jun ,when we were pulled back to secure the Airfield and areas around Danang . We were operating in the mountains west of Danang until mid AUG-72 . We were pulled out and sent home on AUG 12 1972 , as the last Combat Ground force" Task Force Gimlet" 3/21 Infantry to leave the battlefield of South Vietnam. Had it not been for the massive AIR POWER of the B-52's and the damage they inflicted on the NVA , it could have been serious for us to hold off the advance from the NVA. Linebacker 1 and 2 pretty much destroyed much of the NVA equipment and units that were trying overrun the south and it took another three years before the NVA could advance and overrun the south. After Watergate , the Congress voted to stop supporting the south , something that President Nixon had promised the South Vietnamese President before he ended his Presidency and that allowed the NVA to stroll down and into Saigon to end the Vietnam war and our participation.
@KillerOrca4 жыл бұрын
We have one of the Linebacker B-52s at the air museum in my home town. Shes a memorial to Nam now, sitting in a nice little park across from the airstrip the museums built next to and right next to a tiny high school. Fitting resting place for the old girl, I like to think.
@adriangoodman89013 жыл бұрын
Charcoal 1
@Snarflelocker Жыл бұрын
fitting? i suppose, since it may have destroyed many schools.
@QuanNguyen-dx6ht5 ай бұрын
Chúng tôi thì không có bảo tàng. Nhưng chúng tôi có 1 cái ở giữa hồ Khác Tiệp. Tiếc là người Mỹ không bàn giao nguyên vẹn cho chúng tôi nó bị mất vài phần
@SFsc6161714 жыл бұрын
I was there. 1971 - 1974, U-Tapao RTNAF, Rayong Province, Thailand, 635th CSGp, 635th Supply Sqdrn. part-time riding fence, too.
@curlyplumbing51214 жыл бұрын
I was in Country 2012 /2015. Amazing place, friendly people. Lost a lot of good brain cells, both tours..
@BruceJohnsonBisbee4 жыл бұрын
My father was one of the base commanders at U-tapao. He never talked a lot about the war, but mentioned once that the officers would go out to watch the returning Buffs. He said that he couldn't believe that most could still fly, they had so much battle damage.
@jamesrosa384 жыл бұрын
My dad did two tours at U-Tapao, 69-70, 71-72, as a SMS, And CMS He loved Cowpot, a Thai dish his hootch girl would cook for him and 3 hootch mates. He only mentioned once, the damage to air craft and crews. He was shop chief for BomNav on the first tour.
@nickcase26354 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a B-52 Squadron Commander during this operation. He is deceased now, but he had plaques and awards in his study that said Operation Linebacker. I remember as a child he had recordings that he would listen to from this operation over and over. There were planes being shot down on the recording and pilots talking. At one point someone says that they just had what looked like a telephone pole go past their wing.
@michaelmcwilliams43804 жыл бұрын
I was in the 99th bomb wing tdy to Anderson afb APRIL 1972 to APRIL 1973
@robertvomela50653 жыл бұрын
I entered the Air Force in 1983 and flew B-52’s from 1985 to 1993. The Linebacker raids were always presented as a failure of leadership in lectures in schools geared towards officers in general and aircrews in particular. They are always cited as the best example of the need for central direction from leadership with planning and execution authority at the lowest level of command as possible.
@greasyflight66093 жыл бұрын
Political Air War
@thuankhong3 жыл бұрын
This is the truest confession.The Vietnamese call Linebecker 2 "Dien Bien Phu in the air"
@thuankhong2 жыл бұрын
"The Linebacker raids were always presented as a failure of leadership" but on media it was victory !What is in reality and what is on the media is always different.
@JohnnyCage3335 ай бұрын
@thuankhong what a bunch of crap. 2 completely different things. Operation Linebacker 1 and 2 brought North Vietnam to and back to the negotiating table. It should have been done earlier in the war. Ending the war earlier. Saving lives on both sides.
@bobtis4 ай бұрын
Story of the war. Stupid is as stupid does.
@phbrinsden4 жыл бұрын
Excellent program. Very well composed and illustrated. I feel I have a much better understanding of Linebacker now. Thank you.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@charlesphillips4303 жыл бұрын
All that effort and we lost S VN to the reds.
@samadams22034 жыл бұрын
I love seeing when planners learn and improve their methods. Another excellent video!
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@timhoovermusicman4 жыл бұрын
Yeah,well wouldn't it be wonderful if they came up with a good plan from the start? The mistakes made in the first 3 days were pathetic.several hours between waves? Whose brilliant idea was that?...
@МихайлоСєльський4 жыл бұрын
@@timhoovermusicman , yep, what can possibly go wrong?))
@timhoovermusicman4 жыл бұрын
@@МихайлоСєльський apparently a lot.
@govdon084 жыл бұрын
The local general said he was not sending his aircraft on the same mission again. Different planners.
@robertmaybeth34343 жыл бұрын
I love the way you present this OP. The details are fascinating, the more the better. The only way to present such accounts is with complete objectivity with the view from both antagonists and this you've done. Bravo!
@phillm1564 жыл бұрын
It’s like a fast ball pitcher going into the majors with one pitch. Sooner rather than later....everyone knows your pitch and timing.
@theoriginaldylangreene3 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it, there is nothing worse. Late in the day, deep in the third innings. Change of ball. Fresh cherry; and suddenly that sublime inside-outside googly that you thought would be their collapse has become a perfect belter. Now all you can do is serve up dibbly-dobblies and their batsman has turned into an anchor.
@theoriginaldylangreene3 жыл бұрын
You pussy, you edited all of the sports metaphors out of your comment. What's wrong? Couldn't handle a little soft ribbing?
@Outdoor-Avenger2 жыл бұрын
My dad was on the USS midway during 71 to 72 he still talks about this operation that he was involved in. He was a aviation technician on the A-7 attack aircraft
@YumFit12 жыл бұрын
Did he enjoy killing Vietnamese children?
@bradr2142 Жыл бұрын
Love him up and give him a hug for me.
@christianorr10592 күн бұрын
@@bradr2142Seconded!
@kesslermontijo63043 жыл бұрын
Had the "thrilling" opportunity to be on the ground under a B-52 strike (maybe rolling thunder, don't know!) you see the arc lites, feel underfoot the shock waves, and then hear the thunder. The whole thing was shocking in it's size of destruction. I remember crying for those with the misfortune to be a little closer, no matter which side they were on.
@toomanyhobbies20112 жыл бұрын
BS
@Jake-rs9nq2 жыл бұрын
@@toomanyhobbies2011 Millions of people have been on the ground near B-52 bomb drops. I don't think you understand how common they were.
@thethirdman2252 жыл бұрын
@@Jake-rs9nq Trouble is you're dealing with an internet expert who has never been outside his basement.
@SuperUnknown19672 жыл бұрын
Bullshit.
@effewe22 жыл бұрын
What about the snakes and other animals out hinting for food?
@ericscottstevens4 жыл бұрын
The Huu Tiep Lake aircraft in Hanoi is B-52D (56 -0605) flown by Captain Lewis call sign Cobalt 1. Identified as a possible second B-52 claimed as a MiG-21 air-to-air victory, and may correspond to Vu Xuan Thieu firing 1 K-13 (AA-2 Atoll) AAM from MiG-21 of the 921th Sao Sao Fighter Regiment "Red Star", based at Cam Thuy. The MiG-21 was also destroyed by the resulting explosion.
@nguyenlong98532 жыл бұрын
It was a kamikaze attack
@danieldeprez19934 жыл бұрын
I was stationed in the 43rd Supply Squadron at Anderson AFB, Guam from Nov 71 to Feb 73. I was there through Linebacker II and it was something I will remember my entire life.
@davedrabczyk27733 жыл бұрын
I was a kid living in Guam, in 67 to 68 i used to watch the B-52s take off. Imagine that being 10 yrs old. I used to wonder why so many take off but very few land? One day saw one coming in lands when it passed the tower out of my view, few secs later i hear a huge Bang! Will never foget that.
@kadenkendrick29553 жыл бұрын
thank you for your service
@thaihungnguyen6738 Жыл бұрын
@@davedrabczyk2773 there were many Bang sound in Hanoi these days
@vanchien58742 жыл бұрын
I find many people still misunderstand Linebacker Operations. Linebacker I (4/1972 - 8/1972) was executed to force North Vietnam signing a peace treaty with American. However, after South Vietnam reviewed that treaty, they saw the treaty biased too much North Vietnam, so they revised some articles. North Vietnam declined the revision, so American had to execute Linebacker II to force North Vietnam again. After 12 days, North Vietnam agreed to come back peace table, but North Vietnam still refused the revision. Therefore, American had to threaten that the US would cut off supports if South Vietnam didn't agree on the first treaty. Finally, American claimed that they won the war and retreated. Later, the US also declined supports to the South, that's why the South collapsed in 1975.
@vanchien58742 жыл бұрын
Some folks will say that American didn't lose, they just left or American won due to the peace treaty. But if you studied well about Vietnam War, you would see that there was a peace treaty in 1954. American violated that peace treaty and jumped in Vietnam in 1956. After 20 years, American left Vietnam with another peace treaty in 1973. Both the peace treaties had the same term about a peaceful unification in Vietnam. Therefore, I don't see any progress that convinces me American did win.
@thuankhong9 ай бұрын
Saying that "US forced Vietnam to return to Paris" is just a stupid excuse for the failure of American murderous "campaign" to terrorize the government in Hanoi. If the Vietnamese people were afraid, they would not be able to endure the American brutality throughout that war
@stevesteady6037 ай бұрын
@@thuankhongyet they did return to the negotiating table rather quickly after getting their civilians massacred
@QuangDuy-po9cp6 ай бұрын
@@stevesteady603 The US Air Force suffered great losses in the sky over Hanoi, so the return to Paris of both sides is because the US has accepted North Vietnam's demands, including 3 major points that are extremely beneficial to North Vietnam. 1, USA withdrew all troops in Vietnam. 2, PVN was allowed to maintain its army in southern Vietnam. (different from the 1954 agreement where North Vietnam had to withdraw troops to the North) 3, reduce all aid to the army of the Republic of Vietnam.
@QuanNguyen-dx6ht5 ай бұрын
Mấy nước Xâm lược thì không mấy khi thừa nhận thất bại trước chúng ta mà chỉ ghi vào lịch sử là rút lui. Người Trung Quốc còn ngu ngốc đến lỗi 3 lần đi qua sông Bạch Đằng nơi mà chúng ta thường xuyên cắm cọc để bẫy các chiến thuyền.
@theblackprince13464 жыл бұрын
Nearly 50k subs, great content as usual.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Nearly there!
@davidturk61704 жыл бұрын
That operation kept me from going to Viet Nam. Our unit was on levy to rotate into VN between February and April 1973. After the operation, we stood down and were no longer on levy to VN.
@davidwright71933 жыл бұрын
What stopped you going to Vietnam wasn’t Linebacker II it was the US capitulation in the Paris talks.
@davidturk63013 жыл бұрын
@@davidwright7193 - incorrect. We stood down before that particular part of the talks.
@davidwright71933 жыл бұрын
@@davidturk6301 Talks on the terms of the US capitulation recommenced 2 days after linebacker II ended with final terms agreed Jan 23rd. Your stand down wasn’t due to the success of linebacker II it was due to its failure and the acceptance that the US would take whatever terms North Vietnam offered in Paris.
@danielpurcell73953 жыл бұрын
@@davidwright7193 bullshit
@richwinds71793 жыл бұрын
@@davidwright7193 what the USA should do is all out war and not inform the media of anything like the Russians and Chinese do. The Viteman war would be over in weeks. They were told to aviod this and that for 7 years while the satellites showed Sams being unloaded in the harbor. Vietnam got a half @ss war from the USA and was still bombed to hell. News media you say.....you believe there are only 5,000 virus deaths in China as of today? If you believe that then you believe Vietnam had a great military. China went and kicked their ass in 1979 and of course little media coverage.
@billirvin90573 жыл бұрын
As a young 21 year old USAF E-4, I played a very very very (not enough "very's") small role in Linebacker II while stationed at Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand, which I noticed was not on the map of Thailand. Because of our proximity to Vietnam, we launched quite a few search & rescue plus special operations. I remember it was a very busy two week or so period with 12-16 hour shifts and no days off. I probably complained at the time because I had no clue what those aircrews were going thru. Thank you, gentlemen, for all you did and sacrificed.
@MrClean-ek4lw2 жыл бұрын
Grandfather was CE at NKP during Vietnam.
@tombutcher57762 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at NKP during this time at the Aerial Port. I too noticed that NKP was not on this map. We could hear and feel those bombs from our base like it was next door. We not only fought the war in Vietnam but there was another war going on called The Secret War in Laos (Google it) which was right across the Mekong River from downtown NKP. We watched firefights while drinking beer at a hooch bar on the Mekong and watched Air America bomb a town in Laos by the name of Thakhok, Laos. I was an E-4 as well.
@thuankhong Жыл бұрын
The US military did this to cover up the lost in LB 2
@McRocket4 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating and (seemingly) so well told/animated. Thank you for this.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@HoodlumMedia4 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating, I live in Hanoi and my apartment overlooks the military airfield you see to the right, just below the railyard.. It's not used now, but was used in operation homecoming to bring back the US POWs as you mention at the end. It has some small lakes/ponds around the area, I wonder if that's from the raids...
@pontiacGXPfan2 жыл бұрын
I don't wanna imagine what being underneath a B-52 raid would be like. there's still bomb craters and unexploded bombs throughout Vietnam still to this day
@nhunghoang43842 жыл бұрын
At that time our hospitals, streets, and schools were all in ruins
@keithad64853 ай бұрын
Though I am sure those suffering on the ground during Linebacker felt unlucky, at least the USAF did not do what their predecessors, the USAAF did over Dresden Germany in 1945 and rained incendiary bombs on that luckless city and caused a firestorm with over twenty five thousand dead.
@pontiacGXPfan3 ай бұрын
@keithad6485 their pows were imprisoned inside the city so they couldn't anyway
@biddyboy15704 жыл бұрын
I find these videos very interesting. I appreciate the effort you put in to producing them.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@haydenmccoy94763 жыл бұрын
"Aside from an accidental bomb load drop on a civilian shipping center, the night was considered a success" LMFAOO out of context that is so funny
@N330AA3 жыл бұрын
Damn, they blew up Walmart
@toangomo3 жыл бұрын
They dropped the bomb, wipe out the entire Kham Thien street with 2000 houses Destroyed, Bach Mai Hospital (The biggest hospital in the North) Hit by over 100 bombs. The hospital was almost flattened. But the US historian never talks about it, trust me.
@alite01013 жыл бұрын
@@toangomo next time we will do nothing and see the outcome instead.
@toangomo3 жыл бұрын
@@alite0101 U should just stay at home. Don't interfere with another country. What did YOU expect when you supported the French to invade us?
@danielsteger84563 жыл бұрын
@@toangomo "But the US historian never talks about it" and you never talk about how dogshit your authoritarian socialist government was. does great vietnam today have freedom of speech and an elected leader? no. but US bad so its completely fine. this video was about the strategic operations of Linebacker 2 and the accidental bomb drop had little to no importance, yet it was still mentioned, but you are too dumb to understand so you better just shut up.
@Zetler3 жыл бұрын
The amount of strategic bombers employed in this operation is absolutely massive. I I think this the last time any nation unleashed such a force.
@DennisMerwood-xk8wp3 жыл бұрын
And these operations achieved nothing. We still lost.
@havu-oj4qh Жыл бұрын
But the effect was extremely small: The US had to return to the Paris negotiating table with the same conditions as before the bombing: US troops had to withdraw, North Vietnamese troops were allowed to stay so that in 1975 they could destroy American henchmen in Saigon.
@stevesteady6037 ай бұрын
Nope it was big effect actually, with thousands dying, similar to how millions VC were annihilated throughout the war
@msmeyersmd84 жыл бұрын
My Dad had flown EB-66 radar jamming airplanes out of Takhli, Thailand from 1968-69. 100+ missions. At the time of these bombing attacks, he was at SAC HQ continuing to develop the Strategic Nuclear War plans of the Bomber Wings for the Cold War Strategy against the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists. As noted in the videos. No more B-52s were being produced. I vaguely remembering him describing how he watched the bomber attacks in real time. He felt devastated at the loss of aircraft and crews for the first days. Until the Tactical Command didn’t continue the stupidity of flying the same routes 3 days in a row. Every B-52 lost required a change in his Strategic Nuclear Bomber War Plan. He had many thousands of hours flying B-52s and really couldn’t bear to see them being destroyed. He told me several times that his worst assignment in the AF was as the primary aircraft accident officer in Roswell NM in the 1960s. Usually investigating aircraft accidents of aircraft he had flown personally and people he had flown with and knew well. Thank you much for this detailed explanation of what happened during these bombing missions. I matches perfectly with what little my Dad ever told me about them. I have some detailed but mostly cryptic notebooks about his year flying from Takhli over North Vietnam.
@skelejp99824 жыл бұрын
I really watch a lot of War Channels, lectures ect, but The Operations Room is unique among all, I really appreciate that ! I like the way the information is presented. Thank You for Your effort ! Greetings !
@rossmunro70843 жыл бұрын
Been watching a few of your presentations. Well, documentaries I would call them. These are awesome. Not only are you very well informed on all details of the subject. The way you present the information by means of, frankly awesome, animation that is not confusing. yet it is very usable to anyone who may be trying to replicate these scenarios in Command for example. Honestly I found you by randomness. I am so glad I did. Love this channel. Keep up your brilliant work and keep safe.
@Korkzor4 жыл бұрын
YES. There's a new video!! I've watched all of your current ones at least 3 times.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@m2hmghb4 жыл бұрын
This is the campaign my dad was involved in as a crew chief. He flew missions with his plane - the pilots didn't always have faith in the planes unless the chief was willing to fly in it. I asked him one time what flak looked like and he replied "I don't know, I was too busy looking for SAMs". Thank's for the video.
@DavidEVogel3 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at U-Tapao AFB during Linebacker II. B52s where in air 24 hours/day. I worked with the U2 aircraft. We had 3 and one was always airborne. U-Tapao AFB ran 24/7. Even the chow hall was open day and night.
@rick67hou4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent video, the inclusion of the political aspect of it puts it all in three proper context. Another job well done for you.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I did put a conscious effort to include more of the political side on this one which i think made it slightly slower paced than my others - thoughts?
@rick67hou4 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom I thought it was a great addition, and I think it's something that should be included when relevant, along with any intelligence that help or hinder it for either side.
@MrLikeke4 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom This war was completely political except perhaps the earliest days of U.S. advisors in the south. Therefore, any discussion of this war must include the political side including the Paris talks. Perhaps in a future video you would discuss the assholery of McNamara and his whiz kids. I better stop here, BP rising.
@c.j.cleveland74753 жыл бұрын
@@TheOperationsRoom No, including some of the politics behind it helped to make it easier to understand why the raids were done the way they were. It didn't slow the video down. Leave it to the brass to loose their sanity and costing aircrews lives.
@badguy14814 жыл бұрын
I was at the end of my B-52 pilot training at Castle AFB in Merced, California. I had just returned from Vietnam the previous July, flying a different aircraft. I sat there, over Christmas, watching the news, wondering "OMG....NOT AGAIN! What the hell did I get myself into...NOW"?
@noface41763 жыл бұрын
What aircraft?
@2lotusman8513 жыл бұрын
@@noface4176Castle was SAC training base for B-52 and KC-135. Also had ICBMs and some fighter aircraft. F106s at the time... My daddy was there from 1959-1965. We lived in Atwater, next door.
@noface41763 жыл бұрын
@@2lotusman851 I was wondering what aircraft he flew before
@badguy14813 жыл бұрын
@@noface4176 EC-47
@scottisbell76353 жыл бұрын
These videos you make are priceless. Really impressed by everything you do!
@LordOceanus4 жыл бұрын
One cool note shortly after this operation all B-52s recieved the Phase VI ECM fit giving them far superior jamming capabilities to most dedicated USAF and USN jamming aircraft
@TrangNguyen-rv8ko4 жыл бұрын
From what I knew, at that time the aiport was closed, that did not operated fully after the war was ended 1975
@crazygamer5693 жыл бұрын
Imagine how the sky looked over the course of those 11 days, 100s of aircrafts in the air, thousands of pounds of bombs dropping everywhere, nothing short of hell I imagine.
@thuongnguyen7063 Жыл бұрын
Mỹ gieo rắc tội ác, chúa sẽ bắt đền tội
@briang.72063 ай бұрын
Yes I was 3-4 miles off the coast of Vietnam it was the sound of thunder all day and night for 11 days.
@richri84734 жыл бұрын
What a brutal and relentless mission this was. Had no idea about this. Thank you for the lesson.
@bugattieb110ss3 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly interesting animation. Many Thanks. I grew up in the UK during the Vietnam war and can remember it being on the news almost every evening. I've been fascinated by this conflict ever since.
@Snailmailtrucker3 жыл бұрын
I was the Base Photographer on U-tapao 1967/68. One day a new recruit was Uploading 500 lb. bombs in the belly of a B52, and he mangaed to drop the whole rack on the ground. I was called to take some pictures ...and then Col. Alex Talmont (the B52 Squadron Commander) asked me to come to his office in a half hour... He had this new recruit buy a case of beer for his Bomb Loading team....and had the new kid apologize and buy his crew Beers in his Commander's Office ... First time I sat down with the B52 Commander and had a beer ! Very Cool guy !
@pinnacle_pro4 жыл бұрын
Your videos never cease to impress!
@SSky064 жыл бұрын
Great video. It’s really a shame how America and France behaved in Indochina post WWII. We spent so long talking up self determination and decolonization around the world. Ho Chi Minh met Woodrow Wilson in 1919 in Paris to petition the US to end French colonialism. He believed there would be a 1776 style revolution against a far off tyrannical government for the people of Vietnam, and was far more nationalist than communist. That is - he was, until it became clear that the US would rather protect French colonial hegemony then work with a free Vietnam. What else could he do but turn to Russia and China for help when the US wouldn’t help them? It was such a needless war, and it cost millions of Vietnamese lives and nearly 60,000 American lives, all for the same inevitable result.
@MrNicoJac4 жыл бұрын
I thought Wilson never even met him....? Either because Wilson was racist as fuck to non-whites, or because an aid never even handed the letter to Wilson and so he wasn't even aware of the request.
@josharaujo40052 жыл бұрын
Powerful nations don't give a fuck about principles. They only move to benefit themselves
@davidhimmelsbach5575 ай бұрын
Ho was in bed with the Communists -- all the way. He would be extremely insulted if you called him a 'nationalist.'
@dfrost65732 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Very thorough. My dad was an F-4 Phantom pilot there (late 60s) and also tested F-111s. I thought it was F-111s that were nicknamed “Wild Weasels”. Amazing bravery in this campaign.
@manhhoangksmanhhoangks17862 жыл бұрын
Dung cảm để giết dân thường
@Telltell204 Жыл бұрын
F111 was either the aardvark and the ECM version was called the sparkvark
@oldmech6194 жыл бұрын
I was talking to a couple of young KGB officers many years ago that had a tour of the rail yards in Hanoi that the B52 hit. They were impressed. Near by builds were not destroyed
@MrJerryvalencia4 жыл бұрын
This was a lot less lopsided than I would have thought. we haven't seen this level of competence or near parity in my lifetime. Thanks for the video. it added some color to a sad time in our history.
@brucelaughton31082 жыл бұрын
I was airborne off of USS Ranger on the lead mission that black moonless night. I quit counting SAMS at 50 (thankfully only one fired at us). I saw trails of fire from the B-52 shot down that night. I never experienced aftermath "weak knees" until that night. Ranger never looked better than that dark, dark night.
@Chrischi3TutorialLPs4 жыл бұрын
Last time i was this early the B-52s were on the runway.
@hazmatt32504 жыл бұрын
HolyPastrami last time I was this early, they were still in their A model phase
@georgetur35114 жыл бұрын
In the video it’s stated that the sac crews were trained to make a hard turn to starboard after releasing their bombs but I remember reading that the turn maneuver was put in by a mission planner where as the flight crews wanted to continue flying on the same course since it didn’t give away position information through the ecm that the turn away maneuver did.
@molotov95023 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and that planner probably got a pat on the back and a commendation medal.
@epramos68003 жыл бұрын
My older cousin was born on Guam in 1966 and left in 76 for California to settle with his family when my uncle was hired by the US Navy base Long Beach. He remembers the island seemed to shake with the flights of B52 leavin and returning from NVN bombing campaign. He also remembers seeing the flatbed trailers/trucks loaded with bombs in mile long convoys headed from US Naval Magazine Santa Rita Gu and US Naval Base Sumay Guam escorted to Anderson AFB in Yigo Guam..
@jackdawson48204 жыл бұрын
Excellent videos! Well-researched and well-executed.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@govdon084 жыл бұрын
One correction: Rose One lost two aircrew members, the navigator and tail gunner. All six seemed to have parachuted out, but only four lived.
@dinglemckringleberry94293 жыл бұрын
Programs like these are important. Understanding the Vietnamese point of view is important. Understanding the French occupation of Vietnam is important. Understanding Russia's involvement is important. We American DO NOT get an accurate accounting of what happened because we aren't comfortable admitting our mistakes, especially our really bad ones.
@ryanvandoren15194 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to let you know that you have one of the most binge worthy channels out there. Cant wait for more content, good luck dude!
@user-nk1yu9cw8o4 жыл бұрын
I’m certain that it was your Uncle who was nothing short of amazing. I had a neighbor who managed to get his crew and his stricken ship out over the South China Sea where they all punched out and were rescued. He walked with a cane and a heavy limp for the rest of his life. It was his 50th sortie. May they all Rest In Peace.
@thuankhong Жыл бұрын
Đ. Airplanes that crashed in Laos and Thailand are not counted as "shot down" because North Vietnam has no evidence. This ridiculous lie does not hide the damage figure, only deceives the media.
@balnguyen69344 жыл бұрын
The very last story from my grandfather was how he stay alive in a Running Boom but the village next to his was not. The cried of woman and children in his story still creep me out till today.
@likydsplit84833 жыл бұрын
Respect and condolences from the USA. It was a bad time for both us.
@user-dd8vo7or2d3 жыл бұрын
@@likydsplit8483 And you fuckers didn't even pay reparations. Thank god we had 4 years of Trump to ruin the states.
@juri87233 жыл бұрын
@@user-dd8vo7or2d TRUMP helped the US of A.
@user-dd8vo7or2d3 жыл бұрын
@@juri8723 ok sheep
@fetengineer91514 жыл бұрын
My now 84 y.o. father was in the AF Security Service on TDY to SAC during Linebacker II from McConnell AFB. According to his records he flew onboard a special equipment "Aerial Radio Relay" aircraft a KC-135Q orbiting high over Hanoi, North Vietnam with the "D" models at lower altitudes & SR-71 much higher above. I ask him did he mean to say a EC-135 or a RC-135 no a "KC-135Q" we had JP7 onboard for Blackbird ops and some regular JP fuel in case someone else needed it. However they were not part of the primary "Young Tiger" refueling aircraft... his "135Q" served as a huge communication relay platform of some type for the Blackbirds.
@eldermorriswells33333 жыл бұрын
For all of those B-52 pilots, veterans of this war, and those that worked on the ground, and in the air.... for the ones shot down and seemingly sacrificed, and those of you that returned damaged, broken, and forgotten...I honor you on today...I thank you for doing what most people even to this day don't have the courage to do, serve with honor.... I'm sorry for the losses of your fellow pilots and friends... I'm an Army veteran, but I've never had to endure what you guys have..I thank you all for what you've done
@TheSonicfrog2 жыл бұрын
Vietnam combat vet here. If you really what to thank and honor us for what we did, then STOP MAKING NEW VETERANS in needless and aggressive wars.
@richardcline13372 жыл бұрын
@@TheSonicfrog, sadly, as long as we have professional politicians that are easily bought and controlled by big business, these useless conflicts will always be a part of our lives. When there's big money to be made and politicians pockets to be lined.....well....I think you should get the idea. As a fellow Vietnam era vet, I salute and thank you for your service.
@glennlukas62163 жыл бұрын
Myself and my shipmates, know these operations very well. Prior to the bombing commencing, our destroyer along with 3 others, hit Hai Phong Harbor in broad daylight to provide a diversion, for the strikes in Hanoi.
@user-dd8vo7or2d3 жыл бұрын
Flexing them warcrimes. Leggoo USAAAA
@rockneverdiesever4 жыл бұрын
One of your best videos yet Well done !
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@kymrobinson79862 жыл бұрын
I know a woman who lost her mother and sister and her left leg during this raid. She was six at the time. It still haunts her.
@lawrence50393 жыл бұрын
McNamara (the whiz kid) agreed that the US objective was to stop the international spread of communism. The Vietnamese always thought the US wanted to overthrow Nam and occupy it permanently...as had happened to Nam many times over the centuries. Each side was fighting for a different cause, which only became clear when McNamara and his counterpart in Nam met several years after the war and talked about this error and the tremendous killing of men, women, and children.
@thuankhong3 жыл бұрын
We want independence and unification for Vietnam
@tenkloosterherman3 жыл бұрын
@@thuankhong Which was achieved in the end.
@thuankhong3 жыл бұрын
@@tenkloosterherman Vietnam won both: independence and reunification.US did not achieve any goal.
@thuankhong2 жыл бұрын
The Vietnamese delusions of "American democracy and freedom" were destroyed and cannot be restored to this day.
@richardcline13372 жыл бұрын
@@thuankhong, Yes they did. They made the politicians and big industry in the US much, much richer which was primarily the hidden agenda for us being there.....and knowing we were not meant to win it. These same types of people pulled the same sickening stunt in Afghanistan and got the same results.
@istvansipos99404 жыл бұрын
"let's repeat the very same raid over and over again! what can possibly go wrong..." and that's after a certain ww2, which had some bombing operations in it. I assume there were ww2 bomber crews in the air force leadership during this operation. what were they (not)thinking?
@christopherkalble43734 жыл бұрын
They weren't thinking at all. The "War" was run by "The White House" and political hacks in the Pentagon. By the time Nixon got involved in getting out. The Deep State had already been entrenched in policy. Nixon had no choice but follow the Pentagon's recommendations. Nixon got the blunt of Leftist hate, but it was LBJ that got us involved and never ever allowed for an American victory against the North backed Communists. Kill a Commie for Mommy and Bomb them into the Stone Age.
@artruisjoew54734 жыл бұрын
this is why politicians should not be commanding or micro managing wars. the president "orders" a strike for a political objective rather than a military objective, put arbitrary restrictions on the rules and tying the hands of the military. it infuriates me every time i hear "civilian targets are off limits". bitch this is strategic bombing. civilian targets should not only be not off limits, but be a secondary target after military targets and critical infrastructure such as dams, power stations and transportation hubs. factories - civilian or military, should be deliberately targeted for destruction. "collateral" casualties should not be a concern at all. pussyfooting around "civilian targets" is why we havent won a war since WW2.
@istvansipos99404 жыл бұрын
@@artruisjoew5473 yeah. kinda. because war is nothing more than the most extreme tool of politics. It has to efficient, and efficient alone. The enemy knows that, too. If they can use some tons of tragic videos in a democracy to ruin morale and to end the public support of a war, they will do it. And some media want to sell violence, even without footage from the enemy. Violence always sells well. Put those together, and the war, even if it is running fine-ish, can end with nothing achieved. In that setup, total war is not effective as a political tool. that's why true democracies never wage war against each other. They literally can't.
@safe-keeper10424 жыл бұрын
"The deep state"... 🙄
@tekkhero97674 жыл бұрын
Im sure they were trying to make smart tactical decisions. Maybe they were trying to prioritize simplicity to reduce friction in mission logistics. In hindsight you could argue that was wrong but their intelligence before the raids seemed to indicate low risk of surface to air. That assessment was obviously wrong
@jamesruddy92644 жыл бұрын
I was there during all this. The 'U' in these Thai names are pronounced like a double OO as in Moo or Boo, not like the word YOU.
@suzukimichiyo64224 жыл бұрын
ya...and the Gia Lam in VN names are pronounced like Yard Lerm more than Guy Lam
@CWill0144 жыл бұрын
moo, boo, and you are all pronounced the same in English...
@GauMeoCorona4 жыл бұрын
4:15 =)) U-tapau. I just want to comment, not to insult. You can use the listening function on GG translate, "OO" in English or "U" in Vietnamese to know the pronunciation.
@jamesruddy92644 жыл бұрын
@@GauMeoCorona ...I didn't have the luxury of google. I had to learn the pronunciation by going to those places and hearing it spoken for myself from the peoples who lived there. But for those who can't do that, your suggestion is a good one.
@GauMeoCorona4 жыл бұрын
@@jamesruddy9264 translate.google.com/?hl=vi#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=vi&text=oo. translate.google.com/?hl=vi#view=home&op=translate&sl=vi&tl=en&text=u it's free. you click on icon the speaker and you will hear it.
@tmytyson3 жыл бұрын
Narrator: "The first night consists of 3 waves from Guam and U-Tapao" Star Wars Fans: "From Guam and WHERE?"
@kev6353 жыл бұрын
Mannnn I was thinking the same lol
@AnhTuanTran774773 жыл бұрын
See how brave NVA soldiers are ! The diamond spirit even more than Japanese !
@olknoxlo3 жыл бұрын
@@AnhTuanTran77477 Brave? They hide in holes. They're well trained rats, I'll give you that.
@AnhTuanTran774773 жыл бұрын
@@olknoxlo Whatever you call, I do not care. I just care the goals that VC can achieve. What they can achieve was to drive US troops out of Vietnam. That is convinable? We do not bring troops to US to fight American. So US's troops present in Vietnam theather is something wrong . The wrong thing that you cannot even realise, so I do not know what you can do!
@nakajimakuro3 жыл бұрын
@@olknoxlo Same as US soldiers hide behind sandbag. Nothing seem wrong to me.
@aliasales4 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, litterly everythin, but that and few others are even better! The way you reprisent bombing sortis, are amazing. Thank you, keep the good work 👍 "BRING THE RAIN!"
@chaosXP3RT3 жыл бұрын
I don't care if you're American or Vietnamese. This would be terrifying for everyone on both sides
@johnmackenzie38712 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it's more terrifying for the people suffering the war crimes rather than those perpetrating them.
@namchau77122 жыл бұрын
Indeed 😓😓
@pilotboy2172 жыл бұрын
It's absolutely stunning of the amount of aircraft power used in the war. Still to this day they tell you in Vietnam not to walk in undisclosed areas of the forest because there are bombs and unexploded bombs litter the forest. There are craters from the bombs literally everywhere. Vietnam is still recovering from those bombing runs to this day.
@jamesd63902 жыл бұрын
My aunt is now a reservist and she pretty works in Southeast Asia as a LT col pretty much the bottom line that she told me is yea we bombed the shit out of their country and is working on relations with not only Vietnam but laus and others
@caribman102 жыл бұрын
There are still live shells and bombs in WW1 areas aillover Europe. There are still live bombs in Burma that the Brits dropped with Lancasters. There are unfired and unexploded rounds and bombs in the Philipines. Us Americans are pretty much the only people around that don't have to constantly wonder "Are we going to accidentally dig up an explosive?"
@namchau77122 жыл бұрын
@@jamesd6390 Nixon said he wanna turn Hanoi back to the Stone Age 😂😂😂😂 shout out to Kissinger for stopping Nixon from nuke the hell outta us 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂
@davidp.andersonpianorecordings2 жыл бұрын
@@namchau7712 Kissinger is a war criminal too. They all were.
@namchau77122 жыл бұрын
@@davidp.andersonpianorecordings technically , the existance of the USA was a crime from beginning so ... i guess u right
@raymartin423 Жыл бұрын
After visiting Vietnam and seeing what the Americans did I feel nothing but sorrow for the loss of over 2,000,000 Vietnamese and over 50,000 American lives. What a waste of human life in an un winnable war.
@TheClyde-v3f Жыл бұрын
I agree. First rule of warfare: Never get involved in a civil war. You cannot win and that's just what Vietnam was: a civil war perpetuated by the false belief in the Domino Theory. The waste of life and limb in that conflict is the largest stain on mankind since the beginning of time.
@yukipaw170227 күн бұрын
@@TheClyde-v3f the Southern regime was brought up during the Indochina war as a French puppet and the U.S took over and funded it. The "civil war" happens as the direct result of French and American meddling in the region.
@scottisbell76354 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this together!
@dvorok4993 жыл бұрын
Kudos on the upload OPs Room! By the way the EB aircraft are US Navy EA-3Bs. Good info on Linebacker! Long time ago but I still remember it. Godspeed amigo!
@willhackbarth57714 жыл бұрын
Yours channel is amazing, watched all the WW2 channels and this is by far the best
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@WootTootZoot4 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Andersen AFB, Guam during the ArcLight2 and both Linebacker 1&2 missions. I remember on the barracks doors where the flight crews stayed they would put ribbons and KIA/MIA stickers on the doors of the killed or captured crew members. We also had several airplanes return to Guam with some pretty big holes from SAM damage. The build up before the missions started told us something was going to happen. There was a huge increase in the amount of bombs being delivered by Navy CB convoys from Big Navy Guam as well as more KC135 aircraft being brought in and more fuel deliveries to the base. Also, the 8th Air Force Commander, Lt General Gerald Johnson was originally due for a Pentagon position, and possibly a promotion, was made to be the scapegoat and was sent to ride out his final years in the logistics command then the IG office.
@thuankhong2 жыл бұрын
Stupid babbling
@Retsler543 жыл бұрын
The voice of Operations Room. It is so awesome. He/you could explain anything: battle of Poltava in 1709 or legendary F1 races or ice hockey games in the 70s, 80s or anything.
@PCSheepy4 жыл бұрын
Another great video. I didn’t know half of that about the LB Ops. Seems like a bit of a rushed cluster certainly for the first 3 nights.
@TheOperationsRoom4 жыл бұрын
Definitely - communicating mission plans half way round the world just aren't practicalities we worry about any more in the age of the internet!
@lushimin3 жыл бұрын
Methodical, detailed, concise video of a little known aerial battle. Well done. US military power even 50 years ago was so fearsome and technologically advanced. And the ingenuity of the North Vietnamese was worthy of respect too
@thuankhong2 жыл бұрын
NVA played a decisive role in shooting down many B 52s of the US, not the Sovietss, although they had more modern anti-aircraft weapons at that time (SAM 3) but they did not supply Vietnam.
@robertmandain5791 Жыл бұрын
A minimum of us plane, B-52 or light bomber; were lost in operation linebacker II. I don't what you on, but many (trolls?) In the comment section had falsely presented operation linebacker II as having been an US defeated with huge losses which is completly false; it the total opposite and it was big gained by the B-52.
@robertmandain5791 Жыл бұрын
@CAO HUU PHUC LE Hey, cao, the us air force suffered only minimal losses, as they reported it at the time of the operation . It is historical fact that is acknowlededge by the military expert, the historians and the common people. Only jealous troll of the disgusting ottoman dictatorship, north vietnamiese who got wiped out during the operation, and communist remnant. And the american suffered not more than 20 heavy bomb (very low number); most of them by mig warplane or technical failure, and not by the pretty much useless soviet sam battery. Bad try, cao huu phuc le. You are nearly as ridiculous as the propagandist of the ottoman regime.
@vinhlong7347 Жыл бұрын
@@robertmandain579116 B-52s down, 4 heavily damaged, 5 medium damaged, total 25 damaged B-52s were unable to reuse within 12 days of operation. Total B-52s in USAF in 18 December was 197, 25 lost over 197 was 12.6%. North Vietnam launched 334 SA-2s, assembled 300 SA-2s within the 12 days of operation, 6% of North Vietnam missile storage reduced. It is clear that North Vietnam fighting ability wasn't depleted, in fact, USA have to return to the negotiation table and agree with the condition of "recognizing the Vietcong as a legitimate government in Southern Vietnam" that Kissinger have refused before. The Vietcong was able to stay in the South with 20% South Vietnam territory captured after Easter Offensive, while USA have to withdrew. This can't be consider as a victory to USA
@alexanderleach33652 жыл бұрын
Happy Veterans Day everyone! ANd to all Vietnam veterans, I thank you for your service.
@QuanNguyen-dx6ht5 ай бұрын
Cám ơn bạn.
@alexanderleach33655 ай бұрын
@@QuanNguyen-dx6ht you're welcome
@richardw25664 жыл бұрын
Quality content. Well researched and presented. Well done, sir. I'm glad I found your channel. Subscribed
@samwalby22773 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was a medic on Uta Pao airfield during the operation and he was listening in to comms while they were sitting in the ambulance there and he's told me about Ash 1 before (though I didn't know the callsign until now) but apparently the pilots made the decision to crash past the airfield because if they crashed on the strip it would've doomed the rest of the planes coming in, they rushed to the crash to save anyone they could but they could only save the tail gunner I believe
@yuvegotmale4 жыл бұрын
I was with Naval Support Activites at Da Nang in 1969. I never saw any B52 strikes but we sure could hear and feel them. Whenever those strikes occured eveyone would just stop...and listen...something you will never forget.
@alanharaldson33074 жыл бұрын
I was at the det bien hoa at that time in operation arc light. RBS reversed. We would get generally 4 to 6 operations notifications in a 12 shift but at that time the notifications were endless. We were too far south to be involved with Hanoi but saw the traffic none the less.
@intr0vertig04 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows about the U-TAPOA's involvement in Operation Linebacker II, but everyone always underplays the role of the MU-STAFAR.
@ctm74584 жыл бұрын
😂. Nice
@N238E Жыл бұрын
What a concise documentation of this crime against humanity.
@eriktillman81144 жыл бұрын
I would love if you could do the raid on St. Nazaire or any of the naval battles of the Guadalcanal campaign.
@kmc73554 жыл бұрын
Nice suggestion! The Greatest Raid
@visionist74 жыл бұрын
Operation Chariot
@tenkloosterherman3 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Clarkson did an excellent documentary on that a few years ago. Should still be available on KZbin.
@Dre_Key2 жыл бұрын
“It’s debatable if the mission caused No. Vietnam to call for the peace talks” after being bombed that hard and that frequently, they were most likely like “man listen, I don’t have the energy to do this every night.”
@melodyrainguet4792 жыл бұрын
Jim Rainguet, rode the “Launch Truck” at Utapao during that time for the Hydraulic Shop. Seven twelves, all hands on deck. What a long strange time it was, but it worked! Loved that old D model buff!
@johnmac34103 жыл бұрын
I was on the USS Saratoga in 1972 and remember laying on the flight deck looking straight up at 4 -B52s, each bomber was flanked by 4 Phantoms.