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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:aircraftLost
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over 600 aircraft
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:The_Hump
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 1,000 personnel lost
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:difficulty
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dangerous weather
high mountains
enemy action
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gptkbp:endDate
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1945
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Hump airlift
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Eastern_Himalayas
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gptkbp:notableAircraft
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gptkb:C-46_Commando
gptkb:C-54_Skymaster
gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:C-87_Liberator_Express
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:William_H._Tunner
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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first sustained, long-range, strategic airlift in history
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gptkbp:operatedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Burma_Road_closure
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gptkbp:purpose
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to supply Chinese forces
to support Allied operations in China
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Flying_Tigers
gptkb:Ledo_Road
gptkb:China-Burma-India_Theater
Allied logistics in WWII
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gptkbp:route
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from Assam, India to Kunming, China
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gptkbp:significance
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kept China in the war
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gptkbp:startDate
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1942
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gptkbp:supplies
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gptkb:Chinese_Nationalist_forces
gptkb:Twentieth_Air_Force
gptkb:Fourteenth_Air_Force
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gptkbp:totalTonnageDelivered
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over 650,000 tons
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_H._Tunner
gptkb:Air_Transport_Command
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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