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London, Tokyo and Hanoi did not surrender under air assaults and neither will Ukraine

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Dec 22, 2022
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ON THE NIGHT of December 18, 1972, President Richard Nixon sent 129 B-52 bombers roaring over North Vietnam.  The idea was to break Hanoi’s will and force it to sign a peace treaty that would return our POWs and allow the U.S. to get out of the war.

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By the time “the Christmas bombing” of Hanoi and Haiphong ended 50 years ago…

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