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On 20 October 1972 President Nixon ordered additional U.S. military equipment to be delivered to South Vietnam by 1 November. Nixon anticipated that a peace agreement would be concluded shortly and that the agreement would ban the expansion of military aid to South Vietnam and he wished for the South Vietnamese to have a maximum of equipment on hand before the restrictions in the peace agreement took place. The peace agreement was not concluded until 27 January 1973 and thus the date for the arrival in South Vietnam of equipment was extended until !2 December.<ref>Hartsook, Elizabeth and Slade, Stuart (2013), ''Air War Vietnam Plans and Operations 1969-1975'', Newtown, CT: Defense Lions Publications, p. 325; Webb and |
On 20 October 1972 President Nixon ordered additional U.S. military equipment to be delivered to South Vietnam by 1 November. Nixon anticipated that a peace agreement would be concluded shortly and that the agreement would ban the expansion of military aid to South Vietnam and he wished for the South Vietnamese to have a maximum of equipment on hand before the restrictions in the peace agreement took place. The peace agreement was not concluded until 27 January 1973 and thus the date for the arrival in South Vietnam of equipment was extended until !2 December.<ref>Hartsook, Elizabeth and Slade, Stuart (2013), ''Air War Vietnam Plans and Operations 1969-1975'', Newtown, CT: Defense Lions Publications, p. 325; Webb and Poole, pp. 220-222; |
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Operations Enhance and Enhance Plus in the Vietnam War transferred large quantities of United States military equipment and bases to the South Vietnamese government in advance of the Paris Peace Accords which ended American involvement in the war. The two operations were conducted between May and December 1972.
Operation Enhance
In late March 1972, communist North Vietnam launched what is called by the United States the Easter Offensive against South Vietnam. The communist objective was to weaken the South Vietnamese armed forces, capture additional South Vietnamese territory, and weaken American resolve to continue to assist South Vietnam. The Eastern Offensive was carried out in the context that North Vietnam was negotiating a peace agreement with the United States and wished to strengthen its position in South Vietnam prior to completing the agreement.[1]
The Easter Offensive put the military forces of South Vietnam under intense pressure. After the fall of the provincial capital of Quang Tri and the capability of the South Vietnamese to stave off North Vietnam in doubt, U.S. President Richard Nixon on 17 May directed that a maximum of U.S. equipment and material be given to South Vietnam as quickly as possible. On 19 May, Nixon approved a list of equipment to be provided to South Vietnam by 1 August and Project Enhance began. Nixon also wanted to build up South Vietnamese military equipment so that, if the anticipated peace agreement declared a moratorium on introducing new military equipment, South Vietnam would have adequate supplies.[2]
Operation Enhance provided South Vietnamese armed forces with artillery and anti-tank weapons, 69 helicopters, 55 jet fighters, 100 other aircraft, and 7 patrol boats.[3]
Operation Enhance Plus
On 20 October 1972 President Nixon ordered additional U.S. military equipment to be delivered to South Vietnam by 1 November. Nixon anticipated that a peace agreement would be concluded shortly and that the agreement would ban the expansion of military aid to South Vietnam and he wished for the South Vietnamese to have a maximum of equipment on hand before the restrictions in the peace agreement took place. The peace agreement was not concluded until 27 January 1973 and thus the date for the arrival in South Vietnam of equipment was extended until !2 December.<ref>Hartsook, Elizabeth and Slade, Stuart (2013), Air War Vietnam Plans and Operations 1969-1975, Newtown, CT: Defense Lions Publications, p. 325; Webb and Poole, pp. 220-222;
References
- ^ Andrade, Dale (1995), Trial by Fire, New York: Hippocrene Books, p. 43
- ^ Webb, William J. and Poole, Walter S. (2007), The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam 1971-1973, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pp 213-215
- ^ Isaacs, Arnold R. (1983), Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 511
[Category:History of South Vietnam]]