Air raids over Japan

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operations
gptkbp:aimsTo force_Japan's_surrender
gptkbp:criticism anti-war activists
ethical implications
civilian impact
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:depicts films and literature
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:followedBy war_crimes_trials
occupation_of_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Air raids over Japan
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Tokyo
gptkb:Hiroshima
Nagasaki
gptkbp:includes firebombing
Operation Meetinghouse
atomic bombings
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:post-war_Japan
intelligence reports
gptkbp:involved gptkb:United_States
napalm
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for air warfare tactics
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of political debate
historical revisionism
gptkbp:is_aimed_at industrial targets
gptkbp:is_characterized_by high civilian casualties
high-altitude bombing
gptkbp:is_essential_for military history
civilian morale
gptkbp:is_known_for memorials
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Pacific_Theater
total war strategy
strategic bombing campaign
air superiority strategy
Cold_War_dynamics
U.S._military_strategy
Allied_strategy
gptkbp:is_recognized_for President_Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:is_studied_in military studies
military effectiveness
gptkbp:is_used_in historical debates
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Japanese_surrender
destruction of infrastructure
gptkbp:meets Japanese_air_defenses
gptkbp:opposedBy military necessity
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
1945
logistical support
several months
military installations
multiple waves
precision bombing tactics
strict secrecy
March 9-10, 1945
islands_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:reportsTo media outlets
gptkbp:resultedIn civilian casualties
gptkbp:targets Japanese_cities
gptkbp:uses incendiary bombs
B-29_Superfortress_bombers
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for nuclear arms race
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in Japan's_decision_to_surrender
U.S.-Japan_relations.
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
Japanese_aggression_in_Asia
gptkbp:was_a_result_of air power