firebombing of Tokyo

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:aftermath extensive urban damage
gptkbp:averageRainfall 100,000 to 200,000 deaths
gptkbp:causedBy firestorms
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:date March 9-10, 1945
gptkbp:depictedIn films and literature
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:emergencyServices limited success
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:governs increased air defense
gptkbp:hasWebsite incendiary bombs
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the deadliest air raids in history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label firebombing of Tokyo
gptkbp:includes civilians in shelters
gptkbp:influenced subsequent bombing campaigns
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:firebombing_of_Dresden
gptkbp:inspiration post-war urban planning discussions
gptkbp:internationalCooperation controversial tactics
gptkbp:isChallengedBy anti-war movements
bombing_of_other_Japanese_cities
war_history_courses
gptkbp:isCitedIn ethical discussions
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor civilian casualties
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn political debates.
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical analyses
gptkbp:isEngagedIn military studies
historians and scholars
gptkbp:isExaminedBy documentaries
memoirs of survivors
gptkbp:isExemplifiedBy gptkb:21st_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy previous_air_raids_on_Japan
gptkbp:isLinkedTo post-war_Japanese_pacifism
gptkbp:isPortrayedBy journalists at the time
gptkbp:isReflectedIn art and culture
gptkbp:isRegardedAs a turning point in air warfare
gptkbp:isUtilizedFor literature and poetry
memorials_in_Japan
gptkbp:isVisitedBy gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
total war doctrine
gptkbp:ledTo reconstruction_efforts_in_Japan
gptkbp:legacy debate over morality of bombing civilians
gptkbp:militaryRank area bombing
over a million people
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:bombing_of_Pearl_Harbor
gptkbp:relatedAircraft gptkb:B-29_Superfortress
gptkbp:resultedIn high civilian casualties
mass destruction
gptkbp:strategicGoals disrupt_Japanese_war_production
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
industrial districts
gptkbp:uses low-altitude bombing
gptkbp:wasPartOf strategic bombing campaign
Operation Meetinghouse
Allied_bombing_strategy