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Bombing of the Japanese Home Islands
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Bombing_of_the_Japanese_Home_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties
hundreds of thousands killed
millions displaced
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Curtis_LeMay
gptkbp:conductedBy
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:endDate
1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Bombing of the Japanese Home Islands
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:method
atomic bombing
bomber
incendiary bombing
gptkbp:notableCityBombed
gptkb:Hiroshima
gptkb:Kobe
gptkb:Nagasaki
gptkb:Nagoya
gptkb:Osaka
gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkb:firebombing_of_Tokyo
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy_Air_Service
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Doolittle_Raid
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Operation_Downfall
gptkb:Operation_Meetinghouse
gptkbp:resultedIn
destruction of infrastructure
massive civilian casualties
contribution to Japanese surrender
gptkbp:significance
accelerated end of World War II
controversy over civilian targeting
demonstrated power of strategic bombing
gptkbp:startDate
1944
gptkbp:target
Japanese cities
military facilities
industrial infrastructure
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Task_Force_38
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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