&gt; No, there was no carpet bombing of Hanoi<p>actually were.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;magazine-20719382" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;magazine-20719382</a> &quot;North Vietnam, 1972: The Christmas bombing of Hanoi&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress#Vietnam_War" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress#Vie...</a><p>&quot;The zenith of B-52 attacks in Vietnam was Operation Linebacker II (sometimes referred to as the Christmas Bombing) which consisted of waves of B-52s (mostly D models, but some Gs without jamming equipment and with a smaller bomb load). Over 12 days, B-52s flew 729 sorties[148] and dropped 15,237 tons of bombs on Hanoi, Haiphong, and other targets.[90][149] &quot;<p>&gt;If Hanoi had been carpet bombed, it would have been leveled.<p>Hanoi did have air defense.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress#&#x2F;media&#x2F;File:%D0%A1%D0%92%D0%A1_%D1%83_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%91-52_%D0%B2_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%85_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F_23.12.1972_%281%29.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress#&#x2F;me...</a>