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Battle of the Ruhr

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military operation strategic bombing campaign

The Battle of the Ruhr was a major World War II strategic bombing campaign in 1943 in which the Allies targeted Germany’s industrial heartland in the Ruhr region to cripple its war production.

Aliases (2)

bombing of Essen ×1
bombing of the Ruhr ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation → strategic bombing campaign →
belligerent	Australia → Canada → Nazi Germany → New Zealand → Poland → United Kingdom →
combatant	Luftwaffe → No. 1 Group RAF → No. 5 Group RAF → Royal Air Force Bomber Command →
commander	Albert Kesselring → Arthur Harris →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
describedBySource	RAF Bomber Command war diaries →
endDate	1943-07-31 →
location	Germany → Ruhr →
notableOperation	Operation Chastise →
notableRaid	bombing of Dortmund → bombing of Essen → bombing of Wuppertal →
objective	cripple German war production in the Ruhr → destroy industrial targets in the Ruhr → undermine German armaments production →
partOf	Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe →
result	Allied bombing damage to Ruhr industry → heavy civilian casualties → heavy losses for RAF Bomber Command → significant destruction of industrial capacity →
startDate	1943-03-05 →
target	Bochum → Dortmund → Duisburg → Essen → Gelsenkirchen → Hagen → Mülheim an der Ruhr → Oberhausen → Ruhr industrial region → Wuppertal → armaments factories → coal mines → coke plants → steelworks →
theatre	European theatre of World War II →
year	1943 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allied bombing of Germany → Handley Page Halifax → Royal Air Force strategic bombing doctrine ("bombing of the Ruhr") →	notableOperation
Battle of the Ruhr ("bombing of Essen") →	notableRaid
Royal Air Force Bomber Command →	operation
Kammhuber Line →	significantEvent