Napalm Carpet Bombing Vietnam

Vietnam war s napalm girl forty years on duration.
Napalm carpet bombing vietnam. This came in the form of operation arc light the initial deployment of b 52 s from the united states to guam to support missions in vietnam. Navy and republic of vietnam air force rvnaf against the democratic republic of vietnam north vietnam from 2 march 1965 until 2 november 1968 during the vietnam war. As america s role expanded in vietnam so too did the b 52 s. Vietnam war s napalm girl forty years on duration.
These bombers in the b 52 s combat debut first struck north vietnamese targets in june 1965 using standard 750 and 1 000 pound bombs. Al jazeera english 104 817 views. The us first used napalm during world war iiin both the european and pacific theaters and also deployed it during the korean war. Napalm which was considered as one of the most successful weapons was quickly employed in the vietnam war in 1963.
However those instances are dwarfed by american use of napalm in the vietnam war where the us dropped almost 400 000 tons of napalm bombs in the decade between 1963 and 1973.