The Blitz (World War II)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:blackout
air raid shelters
anti-aircraft guns
RAF night fighters
gptkbp:casualties over 40,000 civilians killed
over 46,000 injured
gptkbp:commander Hermann Göring
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Remembrance_Day_ceremonies
Blitz memorials in London
gptkbp:culturalSignificance inspired literature and films
gptkbp:destroyedBy over 1 million homes destroyed or damaged
gptkbp:endDate 11 May 1941
gptkbp:followedBy Baedeker Blitz
gptkbp:location gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:Bristol
gptkb:Coventry
gptkb:Glasgow
gptkb:Hull
gptkb:Liverpool
gptkb:London
gptkb:Manchester
gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Southampton
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage BBC radio broadcasts
wartime newsreels
gptkbp:method gptkb:bomber
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Blitz
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:London_Blitz
Coventry Blitz
gptkbp:objective demoralize British population
disrupt war production
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Britain
gptkbp:result British morale remained high
German failure to achieve objectives
gptkbp:startDate 7 September 1940
gptkbp:target British cities
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Dornier_Do_17
gptkb:Heinkel_He_111
gptkb:Junkers_Ju_88
gptkb:Messerschmitt_Bf_110
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St._Vedast_Foster_Lane_church
gptkb:Saint_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
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