Witness History
Witness History
Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign
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December 27, 2019
9 minutes
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In December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment on the Vietnamese city of Hanoi. Around twenty thousand tonnes of explosives were dropped in just a few days. Ha Mi was just ten years old and living in the city with her family when the bombs began to fall. She told Rebecca Kesby what is was like.
(Photo: Ha Mi in the summer of 1972. Credit: Ha Mi's own collection)