Bombing of London and southern England

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bombing_of_London_and_southern_England
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airForceUsed Luftwaffe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Blitz
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:casualties over 1 million homes destroyed or damaged
over 40,000 civilians killed
gptkbp:commander Hermann Göring
gptkbp:endDate 11 May 1941
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bombing of London and southern England
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
southern England
gptkbp:method bomber
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:purpose to demoralize British population
to destroy British war industry
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:result British morale remained high
German failure to achieve objectives
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Black_Saturday
gptkb:Second_Great_Fire_of_London
gptkbp:startDate 7 September 1940
gptkbp:target British civilians
British infrastructure
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Steinbock
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7