Main content
Vietnam war: Surviving the 'Christmas bombing' campaign
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.
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)
Last on
Sat 28 Dec 201904:50GMT
BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
Broadcasts
- Fri 27 Dec 201908:50GMTBBC World Service
- Fri 27 Dec 201912:50GMTBBC World Service
- Fri 27 Dec 201913:50GMTBBC World Service News Internet
- Fri 27 Dec 201916:50GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Fri 27 Dec 201918:50GMTBBC World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, South Asia & West and Central Africa
- Fri 27 Dec 201921:50GMTBBC World Service South Asia
- Fri 27 Dec 201923:50GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 28 Dec 201903:50GMTBBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean
- Sat 28 Dec 201904:50GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
Podcast
![]()
Witness History
The story of our times, told by the people who were there
