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RAF Bomber Command operations
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/RAF_Bomber_Command_operations
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:casualties
high
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Arthur_Harris
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Bomber_Command_Memorial
gptkb:Bomber_Command_Day
gptkbp:conductedBy
gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:controversy
civilian casualties
area bombing
gptkbp:endDate
1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
RAF Bomber Command operations
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:notableOperation
gptkb:Operation_Millennium
gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkb:Operation_Gomorrah
gptkbp:numberOfPersonnelKilled
over 55,000
gptkbp:numberOfSorties
over 364,000
gptkbp:objective
bomber
demoralization of civilian population
disruption of enemy industry
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:resultedIn
civilian displacement
debate over ethics of bombing
destruction of industrial infrastructure
gptkbp:startDate
1939
gptkbp:supportedBy
gptkb:Pathfinder_Force
gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkbp:target
gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Cologne
gptkb:Dresden
gptkb:Hamburg
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:technology
gptkb:H2S_radar
gptkb:Gee_navigation_system
gptkb:Oboe_navigation_system
gptkb:Window_(chaff)
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Short_Stirling
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Group_Captain_James_Tait
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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