Operation Centerboard I

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World War II operation military operation

Operation Centerboard I was the codename for the World War II mission in which the United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima, Japan.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Centerboard I canonical	3

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aircraftType	B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
belligerent	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
bombCoreMaterial	enriched uranium-235 ⓘ
bombYieldApproximate	15 kilotons of TNT ⓘ
branch	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
category	Military operations involving nuclear weapons ⓘ Nuclear weapons history ⓘ United States military operations of World War II ⓘ
cityBombed	Hiroshima ⓘ
codenameFor	first atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryBombed	Japan ⓘ
countryConductingTest	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1945-08-06 ⓘ
deliveryAircraft	Enola Gay ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Centerboard II ⓘ
launchBase	North Field, Tinian ⓘ
locationRegion	Honshu ⓘ
missionPilot	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
missionRole	strategic bombing ⓘ
missionType	nuclear strike ⓘ
notableAs	first use of an atomic bomb in warfare ⓘ
operationCommander	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
operator	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ
precededBy	Trinity test device ⓘ surface form: Trinity nuclear test
purpose	to force Japan’s surrender in World War II ⓘ
relatedEvent	atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
relatedOperation	Operation Centerboard II ⓘ
relatedProject	Manhattan Project ⓘ
result	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ large civilian casualties ⓘ massive destruction of Hiroshima city center ⓘ
target	Hiroshima ⓘ
targetCountry	Japan ⓘ
theater	Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
timePeriod	final stages of World War II ⓘ
weaponDesignerCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
weaponType	uranium-235 gun-type fission bomb ⓘ
weaponUsed	Little Boy ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

509th Composite Group → mission → Operation Centerboard I ⓘ

Operation Centerboard II → precededBy → Operation Centerboard I ⓘ

The Atomic Bomb Group → mission → Operation Centerboard I ⓘ