Allied strategic bombing of Japan

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Allied strategic bombing of Japan was the World War II air campaign in which U.S. and Allied forces conducted extensive conventional and atomic bombing raids against Japanese cities and industrial targets to cripple Japan’s war-making capacity and force its surrender.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation
strategic bombing campaign
aftermath postwar assessments by United States Strategic Bombing Survey
conflict World War II
contributedTo Japanese decision to surrender
end of World War II in Asia
country Australia
China
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1945
legalAndEthicalDebate civilian targeting controversy
location Japan
mainForce Twentieth Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Twentieth Air Force
surface form: XXI Bomber Command
method area bombing
low-altitude incendiary raids
night bombing
precision bombing
notableCommander Carl Spaatz
Curtis LeMay
Haywood S. Hansell
notableEvent Operation Meetinghouse
atomic bombing of Hiroshima
atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Allied strategic bombing of Japan self-linksurface differs
surface form: firebombing of Tokyo
objective cripple Japan’s war-making capacity
force Japan’s surrender
opponent Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
partOf Pacific War
result large civilian casualties in Japan
massive urban destruction in Japan
severe disruption of Japanese industry
startTime 1942
target Japanese cities
industrial facilities
military installations
transportation infrastructure
theater China Burma India Theater
surface form: China-Burma-India Theater

Pacific Ocean Areas
uses atomic bombing
conventional bombing
incendiary bombing
usesAircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
surface form: B-17 Flying Fortress

Consolidated B-24 Liberator
surface form: B-24 Liberator

B-29 Superfortress

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atomic bombing of Hiroshima partOfCampaign Allied strategic bombing of Japan
atomic bombing of Nagasaki partOf Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Allied bombing of Japan
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service conflict Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Defense of the Japanese home islands
Yokohama wasHeavilyDamagedBy Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: World War II air raids
Allied strategic bombing of Japan notableEvent Allied strategic bombing of Japan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: firebombing of Tokyo
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki partOf Allied strategic bombing of Japan
Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, Tokyo survivedEvent Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: World War II bombings of Tokyo
United States Armed Forces in World War II majorOperation Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Strategic bombing of Japan
Twentieth Air Force operation Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Firebombing of Tokyo
USS South Dakota (BB-57) participatedIn Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Bombardment of Japan
Allied strategic bombers notableCampaign Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Bombing of Japan
20th Air Force primaryMission Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Strategic bombing of Japan
20th Air Force operation Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Firebombing of Japanese cities
20th Air Force operation Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: Strategic bombing campaign against Japan
XXI Bomber Command componentOf Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: United States strategic air offensive against Japan
320th Troop Carrier Squadron associatedWith Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: United States strategic bombing campaign against Japan
Operation Silverplate partOf Allied strategic bombing of Japan
this entity surface form: United States strategic bombing campaign against Japan