The Blitz

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event of World War II military campaign strategic bombing campaign

The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against British cities, especially London, during World War II from 1940 to 1941.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
The Blitz canonical 24
the Blitz 3
London Blitz 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event of World War II ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Blitz ⓘ
The Blitz ⓘ
surface form: The London Blitz
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
bombTonnageDropped over 41,000 tons of bombs ⓘ
casualties over 40,000 civilians killed ⓘ
over 46,000 civilians injured ⓘ
characteristic area bombing of civilian centers ⓘ
night-time bombing raids ⓘ
use of high-explosive and incendiary bombs ⓘ
conductedBy Luftwaffe ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryAttacked United Kingdom ⓘ
countryAttacker Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1941-05-11 ⓘ
etymology from German word "Blitz" meaning "lightning" ⓘ
followedBy Baedeker Blitz ⓘ
V-1 and V-2 bombing campaign ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1940s ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
location Belfast ⓘ
Birmingham ⓘ
Bristol ⓘ
Clydebank ⓘ
Coventry ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
Hull ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Manchester ⓘ
Plymouth ⓘ
Portsmouth ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ
Southampton ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
mainTarget London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableEvent bombing of Coventry ⓘ
surface form: Coventry Blitz

The Blitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Great Fire of London (29–30 December 1940)
numberOfHomesDestroyed over 1,000,000 homes damaged or destroyed ⓘ
objective to break British morale ⓘ
to disrupt British industry ⓘ
to force Britain to negotiate peace ⓘ
opponent Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Britain ⓘ
result failed to force British surrender ⓘ
strengthened British resolve ⓘ
startTime 1940-09-07 ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Battle of Britain → followedBy → The Blitz ⓘ
Blitz → notableEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Blitz
Heinkel He 111 → usedInOperation → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blitz over Britain
bombing of Coventry → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Blitz
Kampfgeschwader 53 → notableOperation → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blitz against the United Kingdom
Plymouth, England → bombingName → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plymouth Blitz
Birmingham → event → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Blitz
The Blitz → alsoKnownAs → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: The London Blitz
The Blitz → notableEvent → The Blitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Great Fire of London (29–30 December 1940)
British home front during World War II → significantEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Blitz
British home front during World War II → significantEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clydebank Blitz
British home front during World War II → significantEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liverpool Blitz
British home front during World War II → significantEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bristol Blitz
Portsmouth → wasTargetedDuring → The Blitz ⓘ
Operation Mondscheinsonate → campaign → The Blitz ⓘ
Operation Mondscheinsonate → relatedEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blitz on London
Moonlight Sonata → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Blitz
Moonlight Sonata → relatedEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Blitz
Knickebein radio navigation system → notableUse → The Blitz ⓘ
subject surface form: Knickebein
this entity surface form: Blitz over the United Kingdom
Stockport Air Raid Shelters → significantEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
Baedeker Blitz → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
Christ Church, Newgate Street, London → destroyedIn → The Blitz ⓘ
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) → operatedDuringConflict → The Blitz ⓘ
Anderson shelters → usedIn → The Blitz ⓘ
subject surface form: Anderson shelter
Morrison shelters → era → The Blitz ⓘ
subject surface form: Morrison shelter
Guildhall → damagedBy → The Blitz ⓘ
subject surface form: Guildhall, London
Plymouth Blitz → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
Swansea Blitz → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
Little Gidding → referencesEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury → damagedDuring → The Blitz ⓘ
Manchester Blitz → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
Manchester Blitz → historicalPeriod → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Britain and The Blitz phase of World War II
X-Gerät → usedInTheater → The Blitz ⓘ
Knickebein → usedDuring → The Blitz ⓘ
Y-Gerät → inServiceDuring → The Blitz ⓘ
United Kingdom in World War II → significantEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
Clydebank Blitz → partOf → The Blitz ⓘ
Christ Church Greyfriars → destroyedDuring → The Blitz ⓘ
The Empty Child → settingEvent → The Blitz ⓘ
Coventry Blitz → timePeriod → The Blitz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Britain and the Blitz
Coventry Blitz → relatedTo → The Blitz ⓘ
The Doctor Dances → featuresHistoricalEventContext → The Blitz ⓘ