Operation Meetinghouse

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bombing_of_Tokyo
gptkbp:bombsUsed incendiary bombs
gptkbp:casualties estimated 100,000 killed
over 1 million homeless
over 40,000 wounded
gptkbp:civilianCasualties massive civilian casualties and destruction
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Curtis_LeMay
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:date March 9–10, 1945
gptkbp:followedBy further firebombing raids on Japanese cities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Meetinghouse
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:objective destroy industrial and urban areas
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy smaller raids on Tokyo
gptkbp:result Destruction of large parts of Tokyo
gptkbp:significance deadliest air raid in history
gptkbp:target gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:type bomber
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:firebombing_of_Tokyo
gptkb:Strategic_bombing_of_Japan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5