Big Week

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World War II operation military operation strategic bombing campaign

Big Week was a major World War II Allied air campaign in February 1944 that targeted the German aircraft industry to weaken the Luftwaffe ahead of the invasion of Western Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
airWarfareType daylight precision bombing ⓘ
escort fighter operations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Crossbow ⓘ
surface form: Operation Argument
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commander Arthur Harris ⓘ
Carl Spaatz ⓘ
Ira C. Eaker ⓘ
James H. Doolittle ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers
endDate 1944-02-25 ⓘ
involvedForce Eighth Air Force ⓘ
Fifteenth Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command
location Germany ⓘ
occupied Europe ⓘ
notableAircraftUsed Avro Lancaster ⓘ
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
surface form: B-17 Flying Fortress

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

de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
surface form: De Havilland Mosquito

Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ
surface form: P-38 Lightning

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
surface form: P-47 Thunderbolt

North American P-51 Mustang ⓘ
surface form: P-51 Mustang
objective to gain air superiority over Western Europe ⓘ
to prepare for the Allied invasion of Western Europe ⓘ
to weaken the Luftwaffe ⓘ
opponent Axis powers ⓘ
opponentCommander Adolf Galland ⓘ
Hermann Göring ⓘ
partOf Allied bombing of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe
result Allied victory ⓘ
heavy Allied bomber and fighter losses ⓘ
heavy losses for the Luftwaffe ⓘ
significant damage to German aircraft production ⓘ
startDate 1944-02-20 ⓘ
strategicContext preparation for Operation Overlord ⓘ
target German aircraft industry ⓘ
Luftwaffe fighter production ⓘ
aircraft assembly plants ⓘ
aircraft component factories ⓘ
aircraft engine plants ⓘ
timePeriod February 1944 ⓘ

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