Bombardment of the Japanese home islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
military operation
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| gptkbp:conducted |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:date |
1944-1945
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| gptkbp:hasFacility |
gptkb:Allied_forces
urban areas military targets multiple waves massive bombing raids response_to_Japanese_aggression |
| gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse |
gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
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| gptkbp:hasWebsite |
conventional bombs
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Bombardment of the Japanese home islands
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| gptkbp:includes |
Operation Meetinghouse
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Japanese_surrender
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| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:US_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:British_Commonwealth |
| gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
post-war reconstruction
occupation_of_Japan |
| gptkbp:isConsidered |
several months
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| gptkbp:isCriticizedFor |
loss of civilian life
anti-war activists humanitarian concerns destruction of cultural heritage civilian impact |
| gptkbp:isDocumentedIn |
historical records
military archives photographic evidence |
| gptkbp:isEngagedIn |
historians
military history military studies |
| gptkbp:isExemplifiedBy |
gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
high altitude bombing |
| gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy |
moral implications
|
| gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
intelligence reports
political considerations |
| gptkbp:isIntegratedWith |
demoralize_Japanese_population
|
| gptkbp:isPortrayedBy |
media coverage
|
| gptkbp:isVisitedBy |
President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
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| gptkbp:ledTo |
civilian casualties
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:firebombing_of_Tokyo
|
| gptkbp:occursAnnually |
gptkb:Pacific_Theater
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
destruction of infrastructure
|
| gptkbp:strategicGoals |
weaken_Japanese_war_effort
|
| gptkbp:targets |
industrial centers
Japanese_cities |
| gptkbp:wasPartOf |
air campaign
total war strategy strategic bombing campaign final stages of the war air superiority efforts strategic air offensive air campaign strategy Allied_command Allied_strategy |
| gptkbp:wasSupportedBy |
intelligence operations
naval forces logistical operations |