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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia U.S. military contingency plan during the Vietnam War Not to be confused with Mandibular fracture.

Fracture Jaw was a top-secret U.S. military contingency plan in which Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland sought to ensure that nuclear weapons would be available for use in the Vietnam War.[1] Planning began in 1968 and included moving nuclear weapons into South Vietnam so that they could be used on short notice against North Vietnamese troops.[2] In spite of moves towards activating the plan, the project was abandoned in February 1968 after public statements by Eugene McCarthy and others claimed that the U.S. was preparing to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.[1]

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Operation Fracture Jaw is featured in Treyarch's 2020 video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

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1. ^ a b Cosmas, Graham A. (2007). MACV: The Joint Command in the Years of Withdrawal, 1968-1973 (PDF). Government Printing Office. pp. 41, 73. ISBN 978-0-16-087286-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2012.
2. ^ Sanger, David E. (October 6, 2018). "U.S. General Considered Nuclear Response in Vietnam War, Cables Show". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-10-08.

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• Beschloss, Michael (2019). Presidents of War. Broadway Books. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-307-40961-4.
• Reardon, Stephen L. (2012). Council of War : A History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1942-1991. NDU Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-16-091568-0.

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