German V-weapon attacks on London

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military campaign strategic bombing campaign

German V-weapon attacks on London were a World War II campaign in which Nazi Germany launched V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets against the British capital, causing widespread destruction and civilian casualties.

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Label	Occurrences
German V-weapon attacks on London canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	V-1 and V-2 attacks on London NERFINISHED ⓘ V-weapon offensive against London NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderSide	German High Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
conductedBy	German Army V-2 units NERFINISHED ⓘ Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
context	Allied invasion of Western Europe in 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAttacked	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	March 1945 ⓘ
hasPart	V-1 campaign against London NERFINISHED ⓘ V-2 campaign against London NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1944–1945 ⓘ
impact	psychological trauma among Londoners ⓘ
launchSite	German-occupied Belgium ⓘ German-occupied France NERFINISHED ⓘ the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast England NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being the first ballistic missile bombardment of a city ⓘ being the first large-scale use of cruise missiles against a city ⓘ
objective	to disrupt British war production ⓘ to force Britain out of the war or weaken its resolve ⓘ to terrorise the British population ⓘ
opposedBy	Allied intelligence and countermeasures ⓘ British anti-aircraft defences ⓘ Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	World War II ⓘ the V-weapons campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	the Blitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	damage to housing and infrastructure ⓘ significant civilian casualties ⓘ widespread destruction in London ⓘ
startTime	June 1944 ⓘ
strategy	long-range bombardment from occupied Europe ⓘ
target	London NERFINISHED ⓘ civilian population of London ⓘ
typeOfAttack	indiscriminate bombardment ⓘ terror bombing ⓘ
usedWeapon	V-1 flying bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ V-2 rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ cruise missile-type flying bomb ⓘ long-range guided missile ⓘ
victim	British civilians ⓘ London infrastructure ⓘ

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bombing of Peenemünde → followedBy → German V-weapon attacks on London ⓘ