Flight over Vienna
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Flight over Vienna was a famous World War I propaganda mission in 1918 during which Italian aviators, including poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, flew over Vienna to drop leaflets urging Austria-Hungary to surrender.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flight over Vienna canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerial operation
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propaganda mission ⓘ |
| airUnit |
Regia Aeronautica
ⓘ
surface form:
87th Squadriglia Serenissima
|
| alsoKnownAs | Volo su Vienna ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gabriele D’Annunzio’s political image
ⓘ
Italian nationalism ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| bombsUsed | none ⓘ |
| casualties | none reported among Italian aviators ⓘ |
| commander |
Gabriele D'Annunzio
ⓘ
surface form:
Gabriele D’Annunzio
|
| commemoratedBy | museum at San Pelagio Castle ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryTargeted |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
|
| date | 1918-08-09 ⓘ |
| distanceFlown | over 1,000 km round trip ⓘ |
| duration | several hours ⓘ |
| front | Italian Front ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of psychological warfare in World War I
ⓘ
symbolic blow to Austro-Hungarian morale ⓘ |
| languageOfLeaflets |
German
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| location | Vienna ⓘ |
| mediaType | military operation ⓘ |
| method | aerial leaflet drop ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement of poet Gabriele D’Annunzio
ⓘ
long-range propaganda flight ⓘ |
| numberOfLeafletsDropped | approximately 400,000 ⓘ |
| objective |
to drop propaganda leaflets over Vienna
ⓘ
to urge Austria-Hungary to surrender ⓘ |
| opposition | Austro-Hungarian air defenses ⓘ |
| participant |
Gabriele D'Annunzio
ⓘ
surface form:
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian aviators ⓘ |
| partOf | Italian aerial operations in World War I ⓘ |
| purpose | propaganda ⓘ |
| regionOfTakeoff | Veneto ⓘ |
| result |
no bombs dropped
ⓘ
successful leaflet drop ⓘ |
| riskLevel | high ⓘ |
| sloganTheme |
appeal to peace
ⓘ
call for surrender ⓘ |
| tactics | low-level leaflet release over city center ⓘ |
| takeoffLocation | San Pelagio airfield ⓘ |
| typeOfLeaflets | propaganda leaflets ⓘ |
| usedAircraft | Ansaldo SVA biplane ⓘ |
| year | 1918 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gabriele D'Annunzio