Listen: These Audio Tapes Tell What It Was Like to Fight in Vietnam From a B-52
Michael Peck
History, Asia
It was a difficult and dangerous operation.
Key Point: The B-52 was a deadly weapon, but they were also often shot down. Here's how America tried to use them to win and (when that failed) to compel peace.
The big Strategic Air Command bombers were President Richard Nixon’s big stick to compel North Vietnam’s leaders to sign a peace agreement, and finally, finally get the United States out of a conflict that most Americans just wanted to forget. Читать дальше...