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==Vietnam War== {{Main|Lists of allied military operations of the Vietnam War}} *''[[Operation Arc Light|Arc Light]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|United States}} — US [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bombing campaign in Vietnam *''[[Operation Attleboro|Attleboro]]'' (1966) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — U.S. and [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] (ARVN) air mobile operations in [[TΓ’y Ninh]]. *''[[Operation Babylift|Babylift]]'' (1975) {{flagicon|United States}} — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from [[South Vietnam]] to the U.S. and other countries *''[[Operation Barrel Roll|Barrel Roll]]'' (1964β73) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} {{flagicon|Laos}} — the bombing of [[Laos]] by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained [[Hmong people|Hmong]]. **''[[Operation Steel Tiger|Steel Tiger]]'' (1965β68) {{flagicon|United States}} **''[[Operation Tiger Hound|Tiger Hound]]'' (1965β68) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} **''[[Battle of Ia Drang|Silver Bayonet]]'' (1965) — First major combat operation of the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Air Cavalry Div]].{{flagicon|United States}} **''[[Operation Commando Hunt|Commando Hunt]]'' (1968β72) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — U.S. bombing of the [[Ho Chi Minh trail]] *''[[Operation Bolo|Bolo]]'' (1967) {{flagicon|United States}} — Decoy mission to disguise the [[electronic signature]] of combat aircraft. *''[[Operation Chopper (Vietnam)|Chopper]]'' (1962) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Major air mobile offensive near [[Saigon]]. *''[[Operation Cedar Falls|Cedar Falls]]'' (1967) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Attack on [[National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam]] (NVA or Viet Cong) positions in [[BαΊΏn CΓ‘t]] (the ''[[Iron Triangle (Vietnam)|Iron Triangle]]'') *''[[Operation Dewey Canyon|Dewey Canyon]]'' (1971) {{flagicon|United States}} — Offensive against [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] communication lines in [[Laos]]. *''[[Operation Enhance Plus|Enhance Plus]]'' (1972) {{flagicon|United States}} — Resupply of military equipment and consumables to the government of [[South Vietnam]]. *''[[Operation Flaming Dart|Flaming Dart]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|United States}} — Reprisal bombing attacks by the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] against NVA units. *''[[Operation Frequent Wind|Frequent Wind]]'' (1975) {{flagicon|United States}} — [[Helicopter]] evacuation of U.S. citizens before the [[fall of Saigon]]. *''[[Operation Game Warden|Game Warden]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|United States}} — first major U.S. riverine patrol operation. Later [[Patrol Craft Fast|Swift Boat]] operations included: **''[[Operation Ballistic Charge|Ballistic Charge]]'' **''[[Operation Beacon Star|Beacon Star]]'' **''[[Operation Beacon Torch|Beacon Torch]]'' **''[[Operation Bear Bite|Bear Bite]]'' **''[[Operation Bear Claw|Bear Claw]]'' **''[[Operation Beau Charger|Beau Charger]]'' **''[[Operation Beau Diddley|Beau Diddley]]'' **''[[Operation Beaver Cage|Beaver Cage]]'' **''[[Operation Bold Mariner|Bold Mariner]]'' **''[[Operation Boone|Boone]]'' **''[[Operation Canyon|Canyon]]'' **''[[Operation Daring Rebel|Daring Rebel]]'' **''[[Operation Deckhouse Five|Deckhouse Five]]'' (1967) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} **''[[Operation DeSoto|DeSoto]]'' **''[[Operation Dragon Fire (Vietnam)|Dragon Fire]]'' **''[[Operation Fortress Ridge|Fortress Ridge]]'' **''[[Operation Seahawk|Seahawk]]'' **''[[Operation Sea Tiger|Sea Tiger]]'' **''[[Operation Market Time|Market Time]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|United States}} *''[[Operation Hastings|Hastings]]'' (1966) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — U.S. and ARVN counter-offensive operations in [[QuαΊ£ng Trα»]] *''[[Operation Homecoming|Homecoming]]'' (1973) {{flagicon|United States}} — repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from [[Vietnam]] *''[[Operation Leap Frog|Leap Frog]]'' (1968) {{flagicon|United States}} — Systematic canvassing of the opinions of senior ARVN officers by U.S. military intelligence on likely NLF actions. *''[[Operation Menu|Menu]]'' (1969) {{flagicon|United States}} — U.S. bombing of [[Cambodia]] *''[[Operations Malheur I and Malheur II|Malheur]]'' (1967) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Twin phased Search and destroy operations in [[QuαΊ£ng NgΓ£i]] *''[[Operation Pegasus (1968)|Pegasus]]'' (1968) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Resupply and relief operations to U.S. Marines [[Battle of Khe Sanh|besieged at Khe Sanh]] *''[[Phoenix Program|Phoenix]]'' (1968) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-organized assassination campaign against influential NLF operatives in South [[Vietnam]] *''[[Operation Rich|Rich]]'' (1968) — Combined arms assault near the [[BαΊΏn HαΊ£i River]] in the [[Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone]] *''[[Operation Linebacker|Linebacker]]'' (1972) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Strategic bombing of [[Hanoi]] and [[Haiphong]], and mining of [[Haiphong]] harbour. *''[[Operation Ranch Hand|Ranch Hand]]'' (1961β71) {{flagicon|United States}} — Spraying of [[herbicide]]s (including [[Agent Orange]]) by aircraft and ground forces. **''[[Operation Trail Dust|Trail Dust]]'' *''[[Operation Rolling Thunder|Rolling Thunder]]'' (1967β68) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Bombing of [[North Vietnam]] *''[[Operation Sealords|Sealords]]'' (1968) {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — [[Mekong Delta]] and inland waterways campaign by the U.S. Navy in [[Vietnam]] *''[[Operation Starlite|Starlite]]'' (1965) {{flagicon|United States}} — [[United States Marine Corps]] actions near Chu Lai. *''[[Operation Sunrise (Vietnam War)|Sunrise]]'' (1962) {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — Relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around [[Saigon]] to "strategic hamlets." *''[[Operation Tailwind|Tailwind]]'' (1970) {{flagicon|United States}} — Alleged use of [[nerve gas]] against U.S. defectors in [[Laos]]. *''[[Operation Toan Thang 42|Toan Thang 42]]'' (1970) {{flagicon|South Vietnam}} — ARVN incursion into [[Cambodia]] *''[[Operation Union|Union I]] and [[Operation Union II|II]]'' (1967) {{flagicon|United States}} — American Marines in the [[QuαΊΏ SΖ‘n Valley]]. {{Main|List of military operations of the Laotian Civil War}} ** March–April 1958: [[Operation Booster Shot]], nationwide ** 22 January 1959 β 19 April 1961: [[Project Hotfoot (Laos)]], nationwide ** December 1958: [[North Vietnamese invasion of Laos]], in Military Region 3 (MR 3) ** 25 December 1959: [[1960 Laotian coups]], in Military Region 5 (M5) ** 10 August 1960: 1960 Laotian coups, in MR 5 ** 13–16 December 1960: [[Battle of Vientiane]], in MR 5 ** 17 January 1961 β 30 September 1974: [[Operation Momentum]], in Military Region 2 (MR 2) ** 31 January β 6 June 1961: [[Battle of Ban Pa Dong]], in Military Region 1 (MR 1) ** 13 March β August 1961: [[Operation Millpond]], nationwide, (cancelled) ** 13 December 1961 β 10 September 1962: [[Operation Pincushion]], in Military Region 4 (MR 4) ** January β 5 May 1962: [[Battle of Luang Namtha]], in MR 1 ** 25 May 1963: [[Chinese Road]] in MR 1 ** Summer 1963 β 1972: [[Operation Hardnose]], in MR 3 and MR 4 ** November 1963 β January 1964: [[Battle of Lak Sao]], in MR 3 ** Late 1963 β mid-1967: [[Wapi Project]], in MR 4 ** 18 April 1964: [[1964 Laotian coups]], in MR 5 ** 19–29 July 1964: [[Operation Triangle]], in MR1, MR2, and MR 5 ** 19 July 1964 β March 1973: [[Unity (military operation)]], in MR 2 and MR 4 ** 4 August 1964: 1964 Laotian coups, in MR 5 ** 14 December 1964 β 22 February 1973: [[Operation Barrel Roll]], in MR 2 ** 31 January 1965: [[1965 Laotian coups]], in MR 5 ** 3 April 1965 β11 November 1968: [[Operation Steel Tiger]] in MR 3 and MR 4 ** Late 1965: [[Operation Star (Laos)]], in MR 3 ** 5 December 1965 β end of 1968: [[Operation Tiger Hound]] in MR 3 and MR 4 ** 17 February 1966: [[Battles of Nakhang]], in MR 2 ** 23 May 1966: Second Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2 ** August 1966 β January 1968: [[Battle of Nam Bac]], in MR 1 ** 21 October 1966: [[1966 Laotian coup]], in MR 5 ** 6 January 1967: Third Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2 ** 9 January 1967: [[Ban Naden raid]], in MR 3 ** 29 July β 1 August 1967: [[1967 Opium War]], on Burmese border of MR 1 ** 23 January 1968: [[Battle of Ban Houei Sane]], in MR 3 ** 10–11 March 1968: [[Battle of Lima Site 85]], in MR 2 ** 26 November 1968 β 7 January 1969: [[Operation Pigfat]], in MR 2 ** 28 February 1969: Fourth Battle of Nakhang, in MR 2 ** 17 March β 7 April 1969: [[Operation Raindance]], in MR2 ** 12 March 1969: [[Battles of Bouamlong]], in MR 2 ** 18–27 June 1969: [[Campaign Toan Thang]], in MR 2 ** 21–26 June 1969: [[Operation Left Jab]] in MR 4 ** 1–15 July 1969: [[Operation Off Balance]], in MR 2 ** 28 July β 17 October 1969: [[Operation Junction City Jr.]], in MR 3 ** 6 August β 30 September 1969: [[Kou Kiet]], in MR 2 ** 13 September 1969 β 25 April 1970: [[Campaign 139]], in MR 2 ** 20 September 1969 β 9 March 1970: [[Operation Diamond Arrow]], in MR 4 ** 15 November 1968 β 29 March 1969: [[Operation Commando Hunt]], in MR 3 and MR 4 ** 2–26 July 1970: [[Operation Maeng Da]], in MR 3 ** 31 August β mid-December 1970: [[Operation Honorable Dragon]], in MR 4 ** 11–13 September 1970: [[Operation Tailwind]], in MR 4 ** 26 September 1970 β 7 January 1971: [[Operation Counterpunch]], in MR 2 ** 19 October β 13 November 1970: [[Tchepone Operation]], in MR 3 ** 1 January β May 1971: [[Project Copper]], in MR 4 ** 5 January β 11 February 1971: [[Operation Silver Buckle]], in MR 3 ** 2 February β late May 1971: [[Campaign 74B]], in MR 2 ** 8 February β 25 March 1971: [[Operation Lam Son 719]], in MR 4 ** 16 February β 29 March 1971: [[Operation Desert Rat]], in MR 3 ** 2 April β 20 August 1971: [[Operation Phalat]], along Thai border of MR 1 ** 7 April β 27 June 1971: [[Operation Xieng Dong]], in MR 1 ** 15 May β late September 1971: [[Operation Phoutah]], in MR 3 ** 9–11 June 1971: [[Operation Phiboonpol]], in MR 4 ** 27 July β 31 October 1971: [[Operation Sayasila]], in MR 4 ** 5 August β 25 September 1971: [[Phou Khao Kham]], in MR 5 ** September 1971: [[Operation Sourisak Montry]], along Thai border of MR 1 ** 1–9 November 1971: [[Operation Bedrock (Laos)]], in MR 4 ** 1 November β 23 December 1971: [[Operation Thao La]], in MR 4 ** 17 December 1971 β 30 January 1972: [[Campaign Z]], in MR 2 ** 30 December 1971 β 16 March 1972: [[Operation Maharat]], in MR 1 and MR 5 ** 1 February β 17 March 1972, [[Operation Strength I]], in MR 2 ** 11 February β ca. 31 March 1972, [[Operation Sinsay]] in MR 4 ** 6–30 March 1972: [[Operation Strength II]], in MR 2 ** 1–27 April 1972: [[Operation Fa Ngum]], in MR 4 ** June 1972: [[Operation Sourisak Montry VIII]], along Thai border of MR 1 ** 15 June β 19 October 1972: [[Operation Black Lion]], in MR 4 ** 26 July β 27 September 1972: [[Operation Phou Phiang II]], in MR 2 ** 18 October 1972 β 22 February 1973: [[Operation Black Lion III]], in MR 4 ** 28 October β 27 December 1972: [[Campaign 972]], on the MR2/MR 3 boundary ** 21 November 1972 β 22 February 1973: [[Operation Black Lion V]], in MR 4 ** 7 December 1972 β early May 1973: [[The Vinh wiretap]] ** 6 January β 5 February 1973: [[Operation Maharat II]], in MR 5 ** 18 January β March 1973: [[Operation Phou Phiang III]], in MR 2 ** 20 August 1973: [[1973 Laotian coup]], in MR 5<ref>Conboy, Morrison, entirety.</ref>
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