Operation Rolling Thunder (1965 - 68)
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Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the most intense aerial campaigns in U.S. history.
As the largest US air force operation of the Vietnam War, it lasted from March 2, 1965 until November 2, 1968.
Originally, the operation was not the idea of the military, but was the brainchild of president Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
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Sources:
Frankum, Ronald B, Like Rolling Thunder: the air war in Vietnam 1964-1675, 2005
Rendal, Ivan, Rolling Thunder, Jet Combat from World War II to the Gulf War, 1997
Corell, John T, Rolling Thunder, Air Force Magazine, March 2005
Polmar, Nprman, Marolda, Edward J, Naval Air War, The Rolling Thunder Campaign, 2015
Corell, John T, The Vietnam War Almanac, Air Force Magazine, september 2004
What was your favorite aircraft seen in this operation during the Vietnam War?
Simple History f-4 and ch-53
The guy with the m60 on his hip
Simple History hi (please respond)
Ch-53
The flying Vietnamese leg
Us.Soldier: * Taking a piss on a Tree *
Tree: Ew
Us.Soldier: ...
Tree: ....
LOL
But the tree would be a vietcong and would speak vietnamese
:)))
Vietnamese for ew is still ew
@@loangxuong9863 ??? :/
U.S Military: “Are we trying to win?”
Politicians: “What?”
Basically every US war since WW2.
Well they still bombed plenty of schools and hospitals. By "accident" of course, the same thing happening in Afghanistan and Syria today.
Edit: And while the ground attack aircrafts performed their surgical strike most B52 and other heavy aircraft like the F-111 performed carpet bombing of entire urban population centers with napalm and conventional bombs.
Most productions in Northern Vietnam were moved to the mountains by then. So the bombing ended up not affecting the industries much just hitting civilian targets killing hundreds of thousand in the process.
Sounds accurate
Politicians: not with the kind of scratch Vietnam is offering.
@Central Intelligence Agency The name. I swear this is underrated.
American Operation names:
-Desert Storm
-Rolling thunder
-Geronimo
British Operation names
-Market garden
-Banquet
-Canned
The way to know what people in countries like
*check operation names*
Lol
Jana Dar-Ali - Credit Valley PS (1653)
Market Garden was British lead, as Montgomery was the main planner for the operation and the brunt of the forces allocated for the ground convoy were British. The 101st and 82nd were our additions to the operation, as there were 3 main bridges to be taken, and they wanted some American involvement for PR reasons and because they knew we’d send our best. Neptune was an operation in Italy I think, which involved the 82nd airborne. Barbarossa was German and I think that was either associated with germanic mythology or history, i’m not sure which, which has little to do with OP’s comment which was joking about British operation names lacking a bit of flair as compared to US operation names.
Which granted, the brits always snipe back something about style and unassuming names to throw people off of spying on em.
Don't forget operation nimrod
Operation : chicken nugget
So basically........
*Politicians showed us how NOT TO USE the airforce*
Soldiers die because of politicians who never saw a battelfield in their entire lifes
Zero Black
Hitler who fought in WWI:Am I a joke to you
@@deaconblackwood6785 bruh_sound_effect.wav
Deacon Blackwood Tbf hitler did fight in ww1 but regardless he was evil
The politicians knew very well that certain red lines could not be crossed because it would inevitably trigger reciprocal escalation from both the USSR & China.
Gets an Ad for War Thunder followed by a video sponsored by War Thunder.
While playing war thunder I get a notification that simple history posted another video, click on link.. warthunder ad. Video supported by war thunder
You have been removed from the group
they want to assert dominance on wot
I rather play war thunder than wot, i get access to aircraft, tanks, naval ships and helicopters, i can play with helicopter and aircraft, i can play with tanks and aicraft, i csn play with boats and aircraft. That it’s kinda pay to win yeah. But still.
Coincedence? I THINK NOT!!
*sees Simple History post Rolling Thunder*
Me: Why am I hearing thunder outside?
Red wolf u in Florida ??
I am actually though a thunder and lightning storm
@Robert legitd00d no in Missouri
Playing War Thunder then getting a notification about Rolling Thunder, gets an ad about War Thunder and finds the video sponsored by War Thunder, all while hearing thunder. InTEreStINg
Cause its gonna roll you
War Thunder Ad: "Jump into a cold-war jet..."
Not unless you grind for six months first
That is a pretty optimistic time to get one.
You probably go insane way before that. Or takes a year.
@@TheValentineEnemy Nothing a lot of golden eagles cannot fix
Neko_ValentinE_Butterfly then you finally get the F4 and try to re create operation rolling thunder and miss your bombs by 10 km
Or GE your way up
@General Goldy no secret is Premium account
Can you do " special weapons used in the Vietnam war " such as the Wandering Soul track , agent orange etc
They love your comments, Now let's wait.
Ground movement sensor would be interesting.
Congrats simple history favoured your comment
Fortunate Son.
Agent Orange is Overly barbaric compared to the Napalm.
Vietnam: _Somebody once told me the US is gonna roll me_
Lol
Rickroll?
So i pick up the sharpest tree in the jungle
......
@@com.phantom342 no smash mouth allstar
You smell that?!?!?!
That’s napalm son
I love the smell of napalm in the morning
- Robert Duvall
"SMELLS LIKE VICTORY"
Big Tasty nothin in the world smells like that
BudKnight Napalm does have a smell, it’s a flammable jell, just chill out.
Gabe Gustin I know
@@alexfogg381 ironic
“Hey, Airman!”
“Yeah?”
“See that Grid Square?”
“Yeah..?”
“Well I don’t want to.”
[proceeds to drop m117 on bunker]
Dad: I remember the time when i was serving in Vietnam, I was deployed with the US Marine Corp and shot down 17 Vietcong Regulars
Son: But dad, you were a part of the helicopter maintenance crew
Dad: I never said i was a good one
@@SimplyZero regulars refer to the NVA
Why is the idea of shooting regulars in a war suddenly make you suprised?
@@lazulianimations3649 And the Vietcong were ground troops...meaning that the dad somehow killed seven guerrillas while being a repair man...don’t question it.
Plot twist: the dad was stationed in khe sanh
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
WHEN IT ACTUALLY WORKS
The Tallboy bombs would bury the Vietcong in the tunnels forcing most to flee out and then you use strategic gassing attacks to basically kill the Vietcong entirely. If the US did this they would've stayed a bit longer and been more humane
Lần này Napalm giành chiến thắng
translate this lmao
Derpbeef :] hahaha funny
It did.
arnelov a They won the war by using their men as meat shields. They won nothing other then their own suffering and pain.
Look at the ARVN and US casualties compared to the North Vietnamese casualties. Dirty communist invaders deserved all those deaths!
Not to mention the US liberal hippies ruining the war effort, they should be executed for treason!
Today I learned calling a Japanese man Mr. Nagasaki isn't a good idea.
Did they take the nuclear option
I hope they didn't blow up at you
I suppose that he blew up in your face
Provide us the story
What if you call him Sensi Hiroshima? 🤔
Basically Vietnam in a nutshell:
US: You can't do that.
Soldier: L(._.L Boi.
That is so correct. Troops were given lots of limitations and making strategies hard for Generals
Boi is extreme cringe now. Even worse when furries do it.
@@campbellaviation7357 boi
US: *starts bombing Vietnam in 1965*
the Vietnamese: *messaged their moms thru iMessage*
Mom: Here is some SAMs
@@Castdeath the Vietnamese: thanks.
Mom come pick me up im scared
Im sorry but what do you mean when you say” messaged their moms”?
Is it supposed to be an insult ?
@@hoathuan4720 Na its more of a joke based on a meme, but its not really funny for anyone above the age of 16.
Please make a video about the invasion of Greece at world War 2
Captain Souvlakis hey
@@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168 I would not expect it if he did a spanish inquistion episode
They were already Invaded by Debt
@@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168
🎩
😎
Thx
@@localextremist2839 It's okay dude have a snack... Oh wait you have no food
Last time I was this early, the Berlin Wall was still up.
Yatco hey
Nice man
"Durr look at my likes oh my god"
When you get likes on your comment, don’t go “Edit omg thank you soo much it the most likes I have ever gotten” it makes people want to dislike
I'll keep that in-mind.
I am the Lorax I speak for the tree’s...
The tree’s say something in Vietnamees.
Can you fucking not?
@@merkabah2 lol u got mad
@@Kampfer740 nah you just got memed out, sorry you had to miss out .
@@merkabah2 que?
@@merkabah2 tu, idiota
The pilots of the campaign were trained by playing War Thunder
The grind was worth it
@Hunter6213 oh it ain't got the sparrow still
True, dat
@@stup1db4nana We also don't have the Thunderchief, Crusader, Intruder, Vigilante, or F-101 Voodoo
@@stup1db4nana well, I've got news for you now
Can you please do the siege of Tobruk
No
@@overphoenix2394 yes
Yeah that’s a good idea
I would pay money
👍👍👍
Thank you for covering my favorite military operation.
Damn I didn't know planets could read Thank you for letting us know
Mine is D-Day
@@hypernova4725 yeah. It's SCP 2399 Doing that
Thank you for defending us Jupiter
Hyper Nova Ego is a living planet
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Trees: *destroyed
US soldiers: ok we ready to move in
The grass: im gonna end this man whole career
Das good, but the flowers?
Miner the oxygen
USAF: I got a Daisy Cutter, just for you~
Meme irrelevant in 1968
So basically the USAF and Navy were operating blindfolded with both arms tied behind their backs - seems reasonable.
Military strategy is probably best left to the military.
Blame the white house for the bullshit handling.
@The Spoiled Commie The People's Republic if Vietnam didn't have any self-imposed restrictions. They tortured American prisoners and weren't afraid to kill anyone who got in their way
@The Spoiled Commie No. Peace negociations are political. War strategy is NOT.
And that's why the US lost the war.
The Spoiled Commie if you are a uniformed soldier who gets captured in war, you should be treated according to the Geneva Convention.
But, given your name, it looks like you are sympathetic to the 20th century’s regimes with the worst record on human rights, so I’m not surprised you are condoning torturing American POWs.
The Spoiled Commie
I think the point isn’t about losing an entire land campaign, but rather about if you get captured you DESERVE and have THE RIGHT to be treated with mercy. YoU dEsErVe tHe bEaTiNg. We all know these are things you’re only confident enough to say online.
Gov: Don't do this, don't do that. Wait that aswell, don't do it.
Mil: Am I a joke to you?
LZ129 Brazil
I highly doubt your story
“They’re messin’ us up! Moving in to destroy those SAM missiles!”
“Woah bud. They ain’t even hit y’all yet. Calm down.”
Mil: let's start a war with China next to their place.
Gov: don't do that.
When your plance drops as fast as you in your paratchute you have a problem ... 4:08
X dee
4:08 why is the pilot falling faster then the plane?
i was wondering the same thing
He had balls of steel
His massive balls were dragging him down.
because he is too fat
He has a drawn on parachute, they were infamous for accelerating you towards the ground
**Hears F-4 Phantom and likes the video**
*"BUT SOUNDSMITH" wants to know your location
soundsmith.tf2
Sound smith.exe
@@pikachewie1124 yep.wav
Who would win?
- The world's greatest army
- Some tree bois with spiky spikes
Tree bois win in 1975 after the world greatest army pulls out in 1973.
We all know the answer
Keep in mind, the world's greatest military handicapped itself
Those tree boys had SA-2 systems.
Worlds greatest army de facto and because there was a treaty signed in 1973
My grandfather was a tunnel rat in Vietnam, some seriously badass men were bred in this time.
Operation Rolling Thunder
-COD BO Killstreak
NotDiversity ?....
HomLe Lee uncultured
*A line of bomb drop from heaven, set the earth ablaze*
Psychedelic instrument plays:
This is the end....
Raydon 32424 I prefer...
Sent from home overseas
And into the unknown
Barely landed in the jungle
Sent on first patrol
Sundown darkness falls
Dig in for the night
Ambushed in the dawn they came
The jungle's alive
I feel my fire starts to burn
The heat controlling my mind
Berserk a savage running wild
Within me the beast starts to roar
Now I'm ready to strike
A creature of the night
Into the fire
A flame of napalm strike
Sarge's down I'm in charge
Vc's everywhere
Overrun yet order air-strike
Condemned us all to burn,
Napalm from above
Burning friend and foe
Chaos on the battlefield
The jungle's on fire
This place it's driving me insane
Napalm it's burning us all
This fight no man will live to tell
Within me my blood starts to boil
From above the air-strike came
And it burned the world below
Napalm falling from the sky
And it leaves no man alive
I feel my fire starts to burn
The heat controlling my mind
Napalm it's burning us alive
Within me the beasts final roar
Raydon 32424 what song is this?
It‘s from Apocalypse Today
Every body gangsta till the leaves start talking
Nah
Every Vietcong gangsta till the sky starts playing “Fortunate Son”
Yes
*laugh in dshk*
Laughs in napalm and agent orange
*laughs in politician*
Laugh-In knowing the terrain of the jungles like the back of your hand and understanding that gi's are usually too paranoid to look up.
I don’t know why but the f4 phantom has always been one of my favorite planes
The operation might have worked if Johnson allowed the military to do its job and destroy targets before being engaged. Instead, we took heavy casualties and lost the war
Operation Linebacker (without all those restrictions) came back and finished the job. The North Vietnamese were finished and signed a peace treaty leaving South Vietnam alone, well at least until Watergate happened.
LMFAO the war was DOOMED from the beginning. South Vietnam could only survive if it had American ground troops and aid. The gov't in the south was extremely unpopular and incompetent and those traits trickled down on the ARVN. North Vietnam on the other hand was willing to fight the US and her allies till the last soldier. Operation Rolling Thunder or Linebacker 1 & 2 weren't going to change that.
Lol yeah SV was gonna get clapped without the americans, but like more clapped
@H.R. Geiger Counter nah
That was the Chinese' way of going around in 1980
The South Vietnamese lost some pretty embarrassing defeats against the NLF before US troops arrived
@H.R. Geiger Counter plus in 1975, they actually performed a pretty quick and effective blitzkrieg against the ARVN
Effectively crippling them in a few months using combined arms tactics that overwhelmed their enemies with swift moves and rapid concentration
It's called the Blooming Lotus tactic.
The VPA later used this to cripple the Khmer Rogue and defeating them in like a few weeks
US Air force :- we are gonna blow all bridges and destroy Ho Chih Minh trail
VietCong :- *Laughs in Vietnamese*
*raughs
Ho Chi Minh*
*raughs in Cambodian*
660,000 Vietcongs to 66,000 American deaths.We got more of them than they did us.
@@kahnl4489
🤣👍
A friend of mine was in the air force when when rolling thunder began. His plane landed in Guam for refueling after flying a mission and got delayed for over a month when the B52 bombing missions started over North Vietnam.
Another cool thing about the F-4 Phantom. There was actually a Mission where F-4 Phantoms posed as Thunderchief’s. Such Modifying the Phantoms used to carry certain equipment to lure out and shoot down MiG-21’s.
Me sings fortunate son
*all the people in the Vietnam class*
I don’t think they know that song though
@Martin Luther I doubt it. A lot of my older relatives who lived in Vietnam during the war did listen to western music, but they mostly only listened to songs from the 50s and early 60s. Stuff like Elvis, Buddy Holly, the early works of the Beatles, etc. Songs like Fortunate Son or anything from '67 onwards didn't really reach to Vietnamese civilians until after the war or it wasn't too common.
Martin Luther I live in Vietnam so ik most grandparents here do not know the song
polka tube socks r/woosh
@@commanderwafflemoquin8641 Sorry, I just don't think it's a funny joke, seeing the name of that song in everything Vietnam war related nowadays.
“Jump into a Cold War era jet”
Only after what feels like a lifetime of grinding with World War II era planes
why does this sound like such a badass name for an operation, like nothing else compares to this
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Could you guys do videos on these topics:
1. Navy SEALS
2. JSDF
3. Spanish American War
4. Hobart's Funnies(tanks like the Sherman DD and Crlhurchill Crocodile)
5. Boar War
6. Battle of 73 easting
7. The six day war.
8. The A10 Warthog
9. U 505
10. The time that a admiral on the USS Midway Ordered 1 million dollars worth of Huey dumped over board to save a single plane.
11. USS Missouri and her sisters
12. The time a sub took out a train
My great uncle was one of the pilots in operation rolling thunder, A pilot of one of the F-4s
He must have been very pleased with himself dropping bombs on civilians. He was lucky that he did not collide in the air with Soviet pilots, they sometimes flew themselves instead of the Vietnamese.
I was told that American pilots usually avoided air battles when they realized that against them
not a thin, inexperienced Vietnamese who almost faints with moderate congestion, but an experienced Soviet pilot.
@@neyt9699 yeah taking on a modern jet in combat isn't something to be taken lightly. With guided missiles even a small mistake can see you explode before you have a chance to do anything. Its the reason why many armies banked so hard on stealth and longer range, because even a state of the art fighter cannot be sure to evade guided munitions.
@@neyt9699 u got any beef with me and my uncle u russian
@@Kampfer740 beef?What?
Can anyone translate what he said? It seems that neither I nor google translator understand it correctly
Thank you guys for making a video on this subject. Rolling Thunder has been one of the most interesting operations I've read about, and I plan on doing a presentation for it during my history class.
This was just what I was looking for thx!!
You learn something every day, especially on the simple history channel! 👍
Love your channel I’m really interested in history
Almost 2 million man im glad you're reached this many
Realistic war game War thunder:
Also War thunder: Does flips in tanks
and paper thin bomber aromuer
CAN you do a video about the Gestapo?
@Alexov Brusilov why not
MAY*
and Kempeitai
North Vietnam : try to get me stupid burger
USA : okay then
(USA starts Operations Rolling Thunder on North Vietnam)
North Vietnam: Hah! Is that all you got?
North Vietnam: rebuilds
Czech Shadical Official Pokemon: it was not very effective.
*US loses the war*
@@dylansmith8142 American Deaths 58,000 Vietcong deaths 1.2 million-2.2 million : result North Vietnamese Victory, Reason US withdrawl.
Congrats on almost 2 mil !
Where was this video when i most needed it last year for history😭
Whenever your popcorn is in the microwave heating up 0:16
0:17 actually
I love the smell of popcorn in the morning ... it smells like ... munchie-time.
Johnson, use Rolling Thunder!
Pikachu: *surprised* Am I a joke to you
Great video
Awesome video...A lot of amazing jets here on both sides the Republic Thundercheif one of my faves and the MiG 17 and MiG 19
Military technology fascinates me
Southern USA mapping 2 well here’s a bunch of southern people here, Georgia boy here
Sgtlott 10 Nice! Alabamian here
Make a video of why brazil went to war with germany in ww2 because not many people talk abt please.
Alejandro Delgado probably because they didn’t contribute enough
How would you know if you dont know anything about it
Think it was the uboats that led them to war. I've heard that they committed troops to a pursuit squadron using American p47 thunderbolts, and apparently their navy did what it could I believe drachnifel made a video I'll post the link in a sec
@@Pez888888 They did.
So did mexico when the Germans sunk a oiler in gulf of Mexico mexico joined the allies and went to Europe to stuff german women tacos 🤣😂😎✊🏼
Wow! "South Vietnam"? I'm surprised CZcams has allowed you to continue...excellent video, many thanks.
Love your videos. As a Radar technician in the Air Force, I would love for you to do a video on Lima Site 85. This highlights a top secret mission to support bombing missions in Vietnam and the heroic actions of Radar technician and Medal of Honor recipient CMSgt Etchberger.
“I love the sounds of screaming Americans at bedtime” - Luung-Dung Foyu
I love you Simple History. You show me so much history I didn't even know
Edit:Thanks for all the like's never gotten this much
You're welcome :D
Thank you so much
:O LUCKY!
Dude this channel it´s soo good, amazing and accurate, better than that crap of "The Infographics Show" HELLO FROM CUBA!!!!
The infographics show was good until they ran out of content
Especially the Episode about the F-15 that landed with one wing. On the thumbnail its showed an F/A-18. What made me angry though is that the F-15 could land because of the way F-15 was designed.
@@notaveragecr6041 just that?
You should review their the Usa vs the world/Asia/China
I cant stop watching this
If you played. COD BO1 you will remember a killstreak rolling thunder
still don't know what the numbers meant.
Ah yes, good ol days flying a hind in that vietnam mission
Or napalm strike
We you learn more from a 10 : 00 minute video, than a 40 minute history lesson
Well, I’II be your teacher today
"Realistic"
"War Thunder"
My eyes rolled so hard I almost couldn't get them back.
if you want realism, go afther DCS on Steam
J 97 You should check my channel ;)
PBJMan Not even close to DCS or reality.
I think Il2 is more realistic but its only ww2 aircraft
Really nice video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Do a story about the famous D.I. R. Lee Ermey🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
big patriot here
Rip r lee ermey
McDonald's
Cool vid, I'm always impressed with your videos, and I always enjoy them when researching war topics
This channel is awesome
You should release your episodes as audiobooks too!
Great idea on making a video on Rolling Thunder. Could the next video tell the story of Medal of Honor recipient Sammy L. Davis or about the M26 Pershing?
*Operation Rolling Thunder*
Chris:This video is sponsored by war thunder
Me:Ah I know what you did there
Now it makes even more sense
How did I not realize that?
Watching all your vids from the time you had 10K subscribers.
*Operation Rolling Thunder... The Most Badass Words Ever Placed Together. FACT*
Underrated
No 🧢
Or operation red dawn
American soldier: sneezes
Tree : bless you
American soldier : thank you...
American soldiers: wait...
4:18 Intruder that's a very appropriate name for an aircraft used in the Vietnam War lol
This is the type of content we like
playing warthunder while bingeing your vids
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F-4 phantom at sight?
2018: Jets
2020:F22 F35 SU 50
*when the tree started to speak Vietnamese* .
I met Dan Pederson last week in Miramar, the creator of the Topgun program. He was stationed at Yankee Station.
US military: we did what we had to do to win, but *SOMEBODY* wouldn’t let us win!
US politicians: nervous whistling
Rolling thunder
*Sounds like a jutsu from Naruto*
I love anime
@@Bt-jh3gv i love naruto
Sorry,we dont speak weeb here.
weeb
weeb
There was a massive jet out side my plane when I started watching 😂
Wait were you a passenger when watching this
@crazy dog naw
YES! Credit where credit is due, you got all of the models right and they look great!
That is a lot of bombs. Great video
RA-5 and RF-8, often went into target areas alone and unarmed. Often they were the only aircraft flying over North Vietnam and Laos during bombing pauses and when operations were suspended.
Civilian limitations! "What is this, some kind of sick joke?"
@Simple History great vid, I think you should make a vid about Operation Focus 1967
I spent 4 years with the EA6B. It was old in 04 bit I I loved it.
Military in Korea:
NUKE 'EM
Civilian Administration in Vietnam:
We want you to go slow okay?
finnaly,new video also can you do a video about indonesia? PRETTY PLEASE
My great uncle flew A6’s and EA6B’s for the navy during this Operation but also was an army ranger
Finally, thanks.