bombing raids over Japan

GPTKB entity

Properties (71)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operations
gptkbp:aimsTo weaken_Japanese_war_effort
gptkbp:causedBy long-term health effects
gptkbp:conducted the final stages of the war
gptkbp:controversy war ethics
gptkbp:criticism moral implications
human rights advocates
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Japanese_surrender
occupation_of_Japan
gptkbp:held_annually 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label bombing raids over Japan
gptkbp:includes gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima
gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Nagasaki
firebombing
gptkbp:influenced geopolitical factors
post-war_Japanese_policy
gptkbp:involved gptkb:United_States
strategic bombing campaigns
high-altitude bombing
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for gptkb:the_Pacific_War
gptkbp:is_aimed_at industrial targets
gptkbp:is_characterized_by extensive planning
high civilian impact
high-altitude precision bombing
high civilian casualties.
gptkbp:is_essential_for military history
strategic military planning
air force tactics
air_power_development
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Pacific_Theater
gptkb:air_campaign_against_Japan
total war strategy
Operation Meetinghouse
air superiority efforts
strategic air offensive
Allied_strategy
the_Allied_bombing_campaign
the_air_war_in_the_Pacific
the_Allied_air_campaign_against_Japan
the_Allied_victory_strategy
the_final_offensive_against_Japan
gptkbp:is_studied_in military studies
military effectiveness
gptkbp:is_supported_by intelligence operations
gptkbp:led_to destruction of infrastructure
urban destruction
gptkbp:meets Japanese_resistance
gptkbp:opposedBy military strategy
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:World_War_II
advanced technology
urban areas
several months
military installations
demoralize the enemy
multiple waves
strict military protocols
the 20th Air Force
massive bomb loads
Presidential orders
Japanese_aggression
destroy_Japanese_morale
gptkbp:reportsTo news media
gptkbp:resultedIn significant civilian casualties
gptkbp:targets Japanese_cities
gptkbp:uses B-29_Superfortress_bombers
gptkbp:utilizes incendiary bombs
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in Japanese_war_strategy
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack