In the first raid on a major North Vietnamese industrial target, U.S. Air Force planes destroy a thermal power plant at Uong Bi, l4 miles north of Haiphong. The plant reportedly supplied about 15 percent of North Vietnam's total electric power production.
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Dec 15, 1965:
U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam
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This Week in History, Dec 15 - Dec 21
- Dec 15, 1965
- U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam
- Dec 15, 1969
- Nixon announces additional U.S. troop withdrawals
- Dec 16, 1965
- Westmoreland asks for more troops
- Dec 16, 1972
- Kissinger announces that North Vietnamese left negotiations
- Dec 17, 1971
- Cambodian forces under heavy pressure
- Dec 18, 1972
- Nixon orders the initiation of Operation Linebacker II
- Dec 19, 1964
- Another bloodless coup topples the government in Saigon
- Dec 19, 1972
- North Vietnam condemns Linebacker raids
- Dec 20, 1960
- National Liberation Front formed
- Dec 20, 1967
- President Johnson visits Australia, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Dec 21, 1969
- Thailand announces plans to withdraw troops
- Dec 21, 1972
- Defense Department reports eight B-52s lost during Linebacker II
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