Blitz (London)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Blitz
gptkbp:casualties over 1 million homes destroyed or damaged
over 43,000 civilians killed
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:art
gptkb:film
gptkb:literature
Blitz memorials
Remembrance events in London
gptkbp:defenseBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:endDate 1941-05-11
gptkbp:followedBy Baedeker Blitz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blitz (London)
gptkbp:impact blackout regulations
evacuation of children
London Underground used as shelter
development of air raid shelters
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:British_Pathé_newsreels
wartime photography
gptkbp:method bomber
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Sir_Hugh_Dowding
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
Hermann Göring
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:The_Second_Great_Fire_of_London
gptkbp:notableFeature use of high-explosive bombs
use of incendiary bombs
nighttime bombings
gptkbp:notableQuote "London can take it!"
"We shall never surrender."
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkb:Tower_of_London
gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:numberOfSorties over 71 major raids
gptkbp:objective demoralize British population
cripple British war industry
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Britain
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Plymouth_Blitz
gptkb:Birmingham_Blitz
Baedeker Blitz
Belfast Blitz
Coventry Blitz
Hull Blitz
Liverpool Blitz
gptkbp:startDate 1940-09-07
gptkbp:target gptkb:infrastructure
civilian population
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blackout/All_Clear
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5