bombing of Peenemünde
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The bombing of Peenemünde was a major World War II Royal Air Force raid targeting Germany’s V-weapon research and development site on the Baltic coast.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allied bombing of Peenemünde | 1 |
| Peenemünde raid | 1 |
| bombing of Peenemünde canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3044674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: bombing of Peenemünde Context triple: [Operation Hydra, isPartOf, bombing of Peenemünde]
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Norwegian heavy water sabotage
The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of World War II commando raids by Norwegian resistance fighters, supported by the Allies, to destroy Nazi Germany’s heavy water production and hinder its atomic bomb program.
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Operation Chastise
Operation Chastise was a famous World War II Royal Air Force raid in 1943 in which specially modified bombers attacked German dams using innovative “bouncing bombs” to disrupt industrial production in the Ruhr Valley.
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Operation Brock
Operation Brock is a traffic management scheme used in Kent, England to manage heavy goods vehicle congestion around the Channel ports and Eurotunnel during disruption or high demand.
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Trinity test device
The Trinity test device was the first nuclear explosive ever detonated, a plutonium-based implosion bomb tested by the Manhattan Project in July 1945.
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Bombing of Guernica
The Bombing of Guernica was a devastating 1937 aerial attack by Nazi German and Italian fascist forces on the Basque town of Guernica, widely remembered as one of the first large-scale bombings of civilians and immortalized by Pablo Picasso’s painting "Guernica."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: bombing of Peenemünde Target entity description: The bombing of Peenemünde was a major World War II Royal Air Force raid targeting Germany’s V-weapon research and development site on the Baltic coast.
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A.
Norwegian heavy water sabotage
The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of World War II commando raids by Norwegian resistance fighters, supported by the Allies, to destroy Nazi Germany’s heavy water production and hinder its atomic bomb program.
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B.
Operation Chastise
Operation Chastise was a famous World War II Royal Air Force raid in 1943 in which specially modified bombers attacked German dams using innovative “bouncing bombs” to disrupt industrial production in the Ruhr Valley.
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C.
Operation Brock
Operation Brock is a traffic management scheme used in Kent, England to manage heavy goods vehicle congestion around the Channel ports and Eurotunnel during disruption or high demand.
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D.
Trinity test device
The Trinity test device was the first nuclear explosive ever detonated, a plutonium-based implosion bomb tested by the Manhattan Project in July 1945.
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E.
Bombing of Guernica
The Bombing of Guernica was a devastating 1937 aerial attack by Nazi German and Italian fascist forces on the Basque town of Guernica, widely remembered as one of the first large-scale bombings of civilians and immortalized by Pablo Picasso’s painting "Guernica."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II air raid
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aerial bombing ⓘ military operation ⓘ |
| aircraftUsed |
Avro Lancaster
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surface form:
Avro Lancaster bombers
Handley Page Halifax ⓘ
surface form:
Handley Page Halifax bombers
Short Stirling ⓘ
surface form:
Short Stirling bombers
de Havilland Mosquito pathfinders ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Operation Hydra ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| casualties | hundreds of German personnel and forced laborers killed ⓘ |
| category |
Airstrikes during World War II
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Military operations involving the United Kingdom ⓘ Strategic bombing during World War II ⓘ |
| codename | Operation Hydra ⓘ |
| commander | Arthur Harris ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| coordinatedBy | Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| date | 1943-08-17 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1943-08-18 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Allied attacks on V-weapon launch sites in France
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German V-weapon attacks on London ⓘ |
| forceSize | over 500 RAF bombers ⓘ |
| intelligenceSource |
Allied photo-reconnaissance
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Polish intelligence reports ⓘ resistance information from occupied Europe ⓘ |
| location |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea coast
Peenemünde ⓘ
surface form:
Peenemünde, Usedom, Germany
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| notableFor |
being first major raid on German V-weapon research
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impact on timing of V-2 operational deployment ⓘ use of pathfinder marking techniques ⓘ |
| objective |
to delay deployment of V-2 rockets
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to disrupt German V-weapon program ⓘ to kill key German scientists and technicians ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Allied bombing of Germany
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surface form:
Allied strategic bombing campaign
World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy | intelligence reports on German rocket program ⓘ |
| result |
Allied victory
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German relocation of V-weapon production underground ⓘ disruption of V-2 development ⓘ significant damage to Peenemünde facilities ⓘ |
| startDate | 1943-08-17 ⓘ |
| target |
Peenemünde Army Research Center
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V-1 flying bomb facilities ⓘ V-2 rocket development facilities ⓘ research and development site for V-weapons ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| timePeriod | night of 17–18 August 1943 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: bombing of Peenemünde Description of subject: The bombing of Peenemünde was a major World War II Royal Air Force raid targeting Germany’s V-weapon research and development site on the Baltic coast.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peenemünde raid
this entity surface form:
Allied bombing of Peenemünde