Blitz

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event in World War II military operation strategic bombing campaign

The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
Blitz canonical	13
Twilight War	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in World War II ⓘ military operation ⓘ strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Luftwaffe ⓘ
casualties	over 40000 civilians killed in the United Kingdom ⓘ
civilianDisplacement	mass evacuation of children from British cities ⓘ
conflictType	aerial bombing ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime	1941-05-11 ⓘ
etymology	abbreviation of Blitzkrieg meaning lightning war ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
location	Belfast ⓘ Birmingham ⓘ Bristol ⓘ Cardiff ⓘ Glasgow City ⓘ surface form: Clydebank Coventry ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ Hull ⓘ Liverpool ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Manchester ⓘ Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ Plymouth, England ⓘ surface form: Plymouth Portsmouth ⓘ Sheffield ⓘ Southampton ⓘ Swansea ⓘ
notableEvent	bombing of Coventry ⓘ surface form: Coventry Blitz The Blitz ⓘ surface form: London Blitz
objective	disrupt British war production ⓘ force Britain to negotiate peace ⓘ undermine British morale ⓘ
opponent	United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Britain ⓘ World War II ⓘ
result	failure to break British morale ⓘ heavy destruction of British urban areas ⓘ
startTime	1940-09-07 ⓘ
target	civilian population ⓘ docks ⓘ government buildings ⓘ industrial areas ⓘ ports ⓘ power stations ⓘ railway infrastructure ⓘ
usedBy	German bomber aircraft ⓘ
usedWeapon	high-explosive bombs ⓘ incendiary bombs ⓘ parachute mines ⓘ

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

World War II → hasPart → Blitz ⓘ

Phoney War → alsoKnownAs → Blitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twilight War

The Blitz → alsoKnownAs → Blitz ⓘ

British home front during World War II → hasPart → Blitz ⓘ

38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Blitz ⓘ

Flying Pencil → tookPartIn → Blitz ⓘ

Defence Regulations (United Kingdom) → inForceDuring → Blitz ⓘ

World War II bombing → hasNotableEvent → Blitz ⓘ

Old Bailey → damagedInEvent → Blitz ⓘ

Luftflotte 3 → notableOperation → Blitz ⓘ

All Hallows, London Wall church → event → Blitz ⓘ

subject surface form: All Hallows, London Wall

All Hallows, London Wall church → destroyedDuring → Blitz ⓘ

subject surface form: All Hallows, London Wall

RAF Uxbridge underground operations room → usedDuring → Blitz ⓘ

The Valiant Years → depictsEvent → Blitz ⓘ