bombing of Hamburg

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The bombing of Hamburg was a devastating series of Allied air raids in 1943, including Operation Gomorrah, that created one of World War II’s most destructive firestorms and caused massive civilian casualties and urban destruction in Nazi Germany.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
bombing of Hamburg canonical 5
Allied bombing of Hamburg 1
Bombing of Hamburg in World War II 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II air campaign ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
aftermath long-term impact on Hamburg’s urban landscape ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hamburg firestorm ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Hamburg

Operation Gomorrah raids ⓘ
belligerent Royal Air Force ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands of civilians killed ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
damage extensive destruction of housing stock ⓘ
large parts of Hamburg city center destroyed ⓘ
severe damage to industrial facilities ⓘ
displacedPeople hundreds of thousands of homeless civilians ⓘ
endDate 1943-08-03 ⓘ
hasPart Operation Gomorrah ⓘ
location Hamburg ⓘ
method area bombing ⓘ
daylight precision bombing ⓘ
night bombing ⓘ
notableEvent creation of one of the largest firestorms of World War II ⓘ
objective break civilian morale ⓘ
disrupt German war industry ⓘ
opponent Luftwaffe ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Allied strategic bombing of Germany ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
bombing of Hamburg ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
large civilian casualties ⓘ
major firestorm ⓘ
massive urban destruction ⓘ
significance major example of Allied area bombing strategy ⓘ
one of the most destructive bombing raids in Europe during World War II ⓘ
startDate 1943-07-24 ⓘ
target Hamburg U-boat yards ⓘ
Hamburg industrial areas ⓘ
Hamburg oil refineries ⓘ
Hamburg shipyards ⓘ
residential districts of Hamburg ⓘ
timePeriod August 1943 ⓘ
July 1943 ⓘ
usedTechnology H2S radar ⓘ
Window radar countermeasures ⓘ
usedWeapon blockbuster bombs ⓘ
high-explosive bombs ⓘ
incendiary bombs ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Window (radar countermeasures) → firstMajorUseConflict → Allied bombing of Hamburg ⓘ
subject linked to: Window radar countermeasures
linked to: bombing of Hamburg
bombing of Wuppertal → relatedEvent → bombing of Hamburg ⓘ
World War II bombing → hasNotableEvent → bombing of Hamburg ⓘ
Arthur Harris → notableOperation → bombing of Hamburg ⓘ
subject linked to: Bomber Harris
bombing of Hamburg → alsoKnownAs → Hamburg firestorm ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Hamburg
Bombing of Rostock in World War II → relatedEvent → Bombing of Hamburg in World War II ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Hamburg
Bomber Command → notableOperation → bombing of Hamburg ⓘ