Bombing of Ploiești (WWII)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties	high Allied casualties
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:Kingdom_of_Romania
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Ploiești_National_Oil_Museum
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Romania
gptkbp:date	1942 1943
gptkbp:defenseMechanism	German and Romanian fighter aircraft heavy anti-aircraft artillery
gptkbp:followedBy	subsequent USAAF raids in 1944
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	limited long-term effect on oil production
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Bombing of Ploiești (WWII)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Ploiești
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Alfred_Gerstenberg gptkb:Jacob_E._Smart
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Operation_Tidal_Wave_(1_August_1943)
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Tidal_Wave
gptkbp:objective	disrupt Axis oil supply
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	earlier RAF raids in 1942
gptkbp:result	heavy Allied losses partial damage to oil production
gptkbp:significance	one of the costliest Allied air raids of WWII
gptkbp:target	oil refineries
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ploiești
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5