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For five days the United States bombed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases and infiltration routes into South Vietnam.
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North Vietnamese forces attack enemy bases in the south in their biggest offensive in four years.
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For five days anti-war demonstrators protested the bombing of North Vietnam. Hundreds of protesters were arrested.
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In South Vietnam, a tactic has been to bomb villages to discourage support of the Viet Cong.
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President Nixon was reelected with 60.7% of the vote.
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On December 13, peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam collapsed. Beginning on December 18, American B-52s and fighter-bombers dropped over 20,000 tons of bombs on the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.
