bombing of Chongqing

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The bombing of Chongqing was a prolonged Japanese aerial campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War that devastated China’s wartime capital and caused massive civilian casualties.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bombing of Chongqing 2
Chongqing bombings 1
Chungking bombing 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aerial bombing campaign ⓘ
event of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chongqing bombings ⓘ
Chungking bombing ⓘ
attacker Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
belligerent Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Republic of China ⓘ
capitalCityTargeted Chongqing ⓘ
civilianCasualties very high ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual remembrance activities in Chongqing ⓘ
memorials in Chongqing ⓘ
conflict Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
endTime 1943 ⓘ
estimatedCivilianDeaths over 10,000 ⓘ
tens of thousands ⓘ
historicalRole devastated China’s wartime capital ⓘ
impact large-scale displacement of civilians ⓘ
severe damage to infrastructure ⓘ
strengthened Chinese resolve to resist Japan ⓘ
legalAssessment considered by some historians as indiscriminate bombing ⓘ
location Chongqing ⓘ
method area bombing ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
notableIncident June 5 1941 tunnel tragedy ⓘ
objective to break Chinese resistance ⓘ
to destroy China’s wartime capital ⓘ
partOf Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
peakActivity 1939 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
perpetrator Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
recognizedAs major Japanese bombing campaign in China ⓘ
symbol of Chinese civilian suffering in WWII ⓘ
result massive civilian casualties ⓘ
psychological terror among civilians ⓘ
widespread urban destruction ⓘ
startTime 1938 ⓘ
target Chinese government facilities ⓘ
Chongqing urban area ⓘ
linked to: Chongqing

civilian population ⓘ
timePeriod World War II in China ⓘ
early 1940s ⓘ
late 1930s ⓘ
weaponUsed high-explosive bombs ⓘ
incendiary bombs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Japanese occupation of China → significantEvent → bombing of Chongqing ⓘ
bombing of Chongqing → alsoKnownAs → Chongqing bombings ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Chongqing
bombing of Chongqing → alsoKnownAs → Chungking bombing ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Chongqing
Defense of Chongqing → hasPart → Bombing of Chongqing ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Chongqing
Defense of Chongqing → relatedEvent → Bombing of Chongqing ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Chongqing