EVENT INFORMATION

29
June
1966

U.S. aircraft strike petroleum facilities in Hanoi and Haiphong

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📅 29 June 1966 📍 Vietnam

U.S. forces expanded bombing to petroleum storage sites in the two northern cities. The attacks intensified the air war and put urban populations and infrastructure at risk; U.S. records reveal that targeting decisions were also shaped by concerns about escalation with China and the Soviet Union.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

U.S. Air Force and Navy crews

Organizations in this Event

United States

Democratic Republic of Vietnam