Vietnam is commemorating the 40th anniversary of "Operation Linebacker II" the biggest ariel blitz of the Vietnam War.<br /><br />US President Nixon ordered the 1972 carpet bombing of Hanoi and the northern port city of Hai Phong in an attack that lasted from the 18th to the 29th of December.<br /><br />During the operation 741 B-52's were dispatched over North Vietnam dropping 15,000 tons of ordnance. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
