bombing of Hamburg

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties over 180,000 wounded
approximately 37,000 killed
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Operation_Gomorrah
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:destroyedBy large parts of Hamburg
industrial facilities destroyed
infrastructure severely damaged
over 250,000 homes destroyed
gptkbp:displacedPeople over 1 million people fled
gptkbp:endDate 3 August 1943
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the most devastating bombing raids in history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label bombing of Hamburg
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hamburg
gptkbp:notableEvent creation of a firestorm
first use of 'Window' radar countermeasure
gptkbp:opposedBy Luftwaffe
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:purpose bomber
disrupt German war production
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:fire
mass civilian casualties
gptkbp:startDate 24 July 1943
gptkbp:target gptkb:Hamburg
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Luftwaffe_(Nazi_Germany)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6