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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:21st_Bomber_Command
gptkb:26th_Air_Force
gptkb:XX_Bomber_Command
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gptkbp:active_years
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1944-1945
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Aircrew_Training_School
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gptkbp:alliance
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gptkb:Allied_Forces
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gptkbp:challenges
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Long-range bombing accuracy
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gptkbp:collaborated_with
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Navy and Marine Corps
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gptkbp:command_structure
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gptkb:Strategic_Air_Command
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Curtis_Le_May
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1946-01-01
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gptkbp:employees
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over 200,000
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gptkbp:filmography
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Pacific Theater
Southwest Pacific Area
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gptkbp:has_ability
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Destruction of Japanese naval capabilities
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gptkbp:has_impact_on
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End of World War II
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Hickam_Field
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gptkbp:historical_documentation
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War Department General Orders.
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gptkbp:historical_event
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Bombing of industrial targets in Japan
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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Changed air warfare tactics
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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First to use atomic bombs in warfare
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Twentieth Air Force
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gptkbp:intelligence
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gptkb:Army_Air_Forces_Intelligence
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gptkbp:legacy
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Influence on modern air warfare
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gptkbp:logistics
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gptkb:Air_Transport_Command
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gptkbp:losses
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Significant during missions
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gptkbp:mission
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gptkb:Firebombing_of_Tokyo
Long-range bombing missions
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:The_Mighty_Eighth
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
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gptkbp:notable_operations
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gptkb:Guam
gptkb:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkb:Operation_Meetinghouse
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gptkbp:notable_person
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gptkb:General_Thomas_S._Power
gptkb:General_Haywood_S._Hansell_Jr.
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gptkbp:operational_area
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gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:operational_status
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gptkb:Inactive
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gptkbp:parent_company
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gptkb:aircraft
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:aircraft
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gptkbp:partnerships
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gptkb:British_Royal_Air_Force
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gptkbp:published_by
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gptkb:Hickam_Field,_Hawaii
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gptkbp:retirement_year
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Strategic deterrence
Integration into USAF
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gptkbp:role
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strategic bombing
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gptkbp:squadrons
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over 1,500
over 20
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Defeat of Japan
Disruption of Japanese war production
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Eighth_Air_Force
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gptkbp:supports
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Various bomb groups
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gptkbp:training
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gptkb:Wright_Field
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gptkbp:year_created
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1944-01-14
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