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The Hump (airlift over Himalayas)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Hump_(airlift_over_Himalayas)
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
military airlift operation
gptkbp:cargo
gptkb:food
gptkb:gasoline
shooting
medical supplies
troops
gptkbp:casualties
over 1,000 personnel lost
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:endDate
1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Hump (airlift over Himalayas)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Himalayas
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:The_Aluminum_Trail
gptkbp:notableAircraft
gptkb:C-46_Commando
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Kunming,_China
gptkb:Assam,_India
gptkbp:notableHazard
severe weather
mechanical failure
Japanese fighter attacks
high mountains
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Burma_Road
gptkbp:purpose
supply Chinese forces
support Allied war effort against Japan
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Ledo_Road
gptkbp:significance
first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift in history
gptkbp:startDate
1942
gptkbp:supplies
gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces
gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force
gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered
over 650,000 tons
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:U.S._Army_Forces,_China-Burma-India_Theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6