The botched execution of this 1965 to 1968 bombing campaign infuriated pilots and commanders, as they were not allowed to target airfields or ports. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this US campaign of “gradual escalation” over North Vietnam, which indiscriminately destroyed low-priority targets to force the north to begin peace negotiations.
ANSWER: Operation Rolling Thunder
[10h] Rolling Thunder operated in conjunction with this herbicidal warfare campaign in the south, which destroyed over 500,000 acres of forest with Agent Orange to expose Viet Cong supply lines.
ANSWER: Operation Ranch Hand
[10e] American opposition to Rolling Thunder was solidified after the failure of William Westmoreland during this North Vietnamese campaign by the Viet Cong, which occurred over, and is named for, the 1968 lunar New Year.
ANSWER: Tet Offensive
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