Operation ROLLING THUNDER/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Operation ROLLING THUNDER.

Initial sustained U.S. air campaign against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), based on a controversial model of retaliation and gradually increasing pressure rather than a short and intense campaign intended to destroy, not dissuade and punish