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gptkbp:instanceOf
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military airlift operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:The_Hump
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gptkbp:basisFor
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gptkb:Assam,_India
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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gptkb:Hump_Memorial_in_China
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gptkbp:crosses
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gptkb:Himalayas
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gptkbp:destination
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gptkb:Kunming,_China
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gptkbp:endDate
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1945
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Hump airlift
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gptkbp:notableAircraft
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gptkb:C-46_Commando
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:William_H._Tunner
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Burma_Road_closure
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gptkbp:purpose
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to supply Chinese forces and USAAF units
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gptkbp:riskFactor
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bad weather
Japanese fighter attacks
high mountains
mechanical failures
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gptkbp:route
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from India to China
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gptkbp:significance
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first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift in history
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gptkbp:startDate
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1942
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gptkbp:supplies
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gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_Army
gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force
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gptkbp:tookPlaceIn
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered
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over 650,000 tons
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:CBI_Theater
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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