RAF Bomber Command operations

GPTKB entity

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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 6