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Second Great Fire of London
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Great_Fire_of_London
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:casualties
about 160
gptkbp:cause
German bombing raid
gptkbp:contrastsWith
gptkb:Great_Fire_of_London_(1666)
gptkbp:date
29–30 December 1940
gptkbp:firefightingEfforts
hampered by low water pressure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Second Great Fire of London
gptkbp:location
gptkb:London
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
gptkb:Herbert_Mason's_photograph_of_St._Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Second_Great_Fire_of_London
gptkbp:notableBattle
gptkb:Guildhall
gptkb:historic_building
gptkb:City_of_London_churches
gptkb:St._Paul's_Cathedral_(threatened_but_survived)
eight Wren churches destroyed
gptkbp:numberOfIncendiaryBombsDropped
over 100,000
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:The_Blitz
gptkbp:perpetrator
Luftwaffe
gptkbp:resultedIn
widespread destruction of the City of London
gptkbp:significance
one of the most destructive air raids of the Blitz
gptkbp:target
gptkb:City_of_London
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Blitz_of_1940
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6