bombing of Cologne

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:aimsTo disrupt_German_war_production
gptkbp:aircraft Avro Lancaster
gptkbp:bombLoad incendiary bombs
gptkbp:casualties thousands of civilians
gptkbp:celebrates memorials_in_Cologne
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:criticism civilian casualties
moral implications
gptkbp:date May 30, 1942
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris
gptkbp:documentedIn photographic evidence
gptkbp:electronic_warfare changed the course of the war.
gptkbp:followedBy Operation Millennium
further_raids_on_German_cities
gptkbp:hasPrograms weaken_German_military_capabilities
German_industrial_centers
destroy_German_infrastructure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label bombing of Cologne
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Cologne_Cathedral
gptkbp:influenced future bombing strategies
gptkbp:involved over 1,000 bombers
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:the_bombing_of_Dresden
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for Allied_bombing_strategy
gptkbp:is_aimed_at disrupting_German_morale
gptkbp:is_characterized_by high levels of destruction
gptkbp:is_essential_for psychological warfare
the_Allied_bombing_campaign
gptkbp:is_part_of total war
Battle of the Ruhr
air raids in history
mass bombing raids
German_cities
gptkbp:is_studied_in military historians
gptkbp:keyEvent the_air_war_over_Europe
gptkbp:led_to post-war reconstruction efforts
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:British_Bomber_Command
the night
a clear night
several nights
gptkbp:reportsTo international media
gptkbp:resultedIn significant destruction
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:the_European_theater_of_World_War_II
the history of aerial warfare
gptkbp:strategicGoals the Allies
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Cologne,_Germany
gptkbp:type strategic bombing
gptkbp:usesTechnology pathfinder tactics
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the V-1 flying bomb attacks
German_bombing_of_British_cities
the_Luftwaffe's_attacks
gptkbp:was_a_result_of air power effectiveness