Bombing of Moscow

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftUsedByAttacker gptkb:Heinkel_He_111
gptkb:Junkers_Ju_88
gptkbp:aircraftUsedByDefender gptkb:Polikarpov_I-16
gptkb:Yak-1
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:Soviet_Air_Defence_Forces
gptkbp:casualties over 1,000 civilians killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:destroyedBy significant damage to infrastructure
gptkbp:endDate April 1942
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:notableDefence blackout measures
extensive use of searchlights and anti-aircraft guns
civilian air raid shelters
gptkbp:notableEvent first major air raid on Moscow on 22 July 1941
gptkbp:notableFor German air raids failed to break Soviet morale
Kremlin was camouflaged to avoid bombing
Moscow Metro used as bomb shelter
gptkbp:numberOfSorties over 1,000 sorties
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:perpetrator Luftwaffe
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:startDate 22 July 1941
gptkbp:target gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Allied_bombing_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bombing of Moscow