Bombing of Helsinki

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
bomber
gptkbp:aircraftUsedByAttacker Soviet bombers
gptkbp:aircraftUsedByDefender German Messerschmitt Bf 109
gptkbp:baseDefense German night fighters
Finnish anti-aircraft artillery
gptkbp:casualties over 100 killed in 1944 raids
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Finland
gptkbp:date 1939
1944
gptkbp:destroyedBy thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the largest air raids in Nordic history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bombing of Helsinki
gptkbp:location gptkb:Helsinki
gptkbp:notableEvent February 1944 air raids
Winter War bombings
gptkbp:numberOfRaids three major raids in 1944
gptkbp:objective to demoralize Finnish population
to force Finland to surrender
gptkbp:resultedIn civilian casualties
destruction of buildings
gptkbp:target gptkb:infrastructure
civilian population
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_strategic_bombing_campaign
gptkb:Allied_bombing_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7