<i>Nixon then ordered North Vietnamese cities to be bombed for eleven days (the &quot;Christmas Bombings&quot;). Perhaps not coincidentally, peace talks resumed.</i><p>Give or take 1,000+ civilian deaths:<p><i>In just one night, more than 2,000 homes were destroyed around Kham Thien, a busy shopping street in Hanoi. About 280 people were killed and at least as many again injured. Ha Mi had a friend, whose house was hit.</i><p><i>&quot;There were a few houses still standing, but most of it was just rubble, flattened on the ground - or even just a big hole. Houses were just gone, it was horrible. I remember seeing people just standing there looking at it - but there was nothing there. Everything was just gone.&quot;</i><p><i>At the time the communist authorities said about 1,600 Vietnamese were killed, but many suspect the true figure is far higher.</i><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>