Bombing of the Japanese home islands

GPTKB entity

Properties (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:causedBy mass evacuations
gptkbp:conducted island bases
gptkbp:criticism moral implications
anti-war activists
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Osaka
gptkb:Tokyo
gptkb:Hiroshima
gptkb:Yokohama
Kobe
Nagasaki
gptkbp:followedBy post-war reconstruction efforts
occupation_of_Japan
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on historical analysis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bombing of the Japanese home islands
gptkbp:includes strategic bombing
gptkbp:influenced technological advancements
air superiority
gptkbp:involved gptkb:United_States
intelligence operations
firebombing
conventional bombing
gptkbp:is_a Cold_War_tensions
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for U.S.-Japan_relations
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of academic research
documentaries and films
historical debate
gptkbp:is_aimed_at disrupting war production
gptkbp:is_characterized_by high civilian impact
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Pacific_War
air campaign
military strategy discussions
total war strategy
strategic air offensive
air warfare evolution
U.S._military_doctrine
Allied_strategy
gptkbp:is_studied_in military studies
gptkbp:is_supported_by propaganda efforts
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Japanese_surrender
destruction of infrastructure
gptkbp:opposedBy military necessity
gptkbp:order President_Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:World_War_II
1945
urban areas
several months
military targets
gptkbp:resultedIn civilian casualties
gptkbp:significantEvent military history
20th century history
gptkbp:targets Japanese_cities
gptkbp:uses B-29_Superfortress_bombers
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for international law discussions
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in nuclear weapons development
war outcome
Japanese_military_strategy
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
gptkbp:was_a_result_of air power effectiveness