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German bombing (The Blitz)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/German_bombing_(The_Blitz)
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airForceUsed
Luftwaffe
gptkbp:alternativeName
gptkb:The_Blitz
gptkbp:casualties
over 40,000 civilians killed
over 1 million homes destroyed
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Hugh_Dowding
Hermann Göring
gptkbp:endDate
11 May 1941
gptkbp:followedBy
Baedeker Blitz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
German bombing (The Blitz)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:Bristol
gptkb:Coventry
gptkb:Glasgow
gptkb:Hull
gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:London
gptkb:Manchester
gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Southampton
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaType
wartime propaganda
Winston Churchill speeches
gptkbp:method
bomber
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:London_Blitz
Coventry Blitz
Liverpool Blitz
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:precededBy
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:purpose
demoralize British population
disrupt war production
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Morrison_shelter
gptkb:Blackout_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Anderson_shelter
gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion
Strategic bombing during World War II
gptkbp:result
British resistance
gptkbp:significance
influenced postwar urban planning
led to development of air raid shelters
major civilian bombing campaign
shaped British wartime morale
gptkbp:startDate
7 September 1940
gptkbp:target
British cities
civilian population
industrial centers
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Queen's_Hall
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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