Allied bombing of Germany

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military operation strategic bombing campaign

The Allied bombing of Germany was a sustained strategic air campaign during World War II in which British and American air forces targeted German cities, industry, and infrastructure to weaken the Nazi war effort.

Aliases (16)

Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe ×4
Combined Bomber Offensive ×4
Strategic bombing of Germany ×2
bombing of Dresden ×2
Allied strategic bombing campaign ×1
Allied strategic bombing of Germany ×1
Bombing of Dresden ×1
Bombing of Germany ×1
Daylight strategic bombing of Nazi Germany ×1
Oil Campaign of World War II ×1
Oil campaign of World War II ×1
RAF Bomber Command strategic bombing campaign ×1
RAF night bombing offensive ×1
Thousand-bomber raid on Cologne ×1
World War II bombing ×1
thousand-bomber raid on Bremen ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation → strategic bombing campaign →
carriedOutBy	Bomber Command → Eighth Air Force → Fifteenth Air Force →
conflict	World War II →
controversy	civilian casualties and destruction of cultural heritage → debate over military necessity of area bombing →
countryTargeted	Nazi Germany →
endTime	1945 → May 1945 →
location	German-occupied Europe → Germany →
mainParticipants	Free French Air Forces → Royal Air Force → Royal Canadian Air Force → United States Army Air Forces →
notableOperation	Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → Battle of Hamburg → Battle of the Ruhr → Big Week → Oil Campaign of World War II → Operation Gomorrah → bombing of Berlin → bombing of Cologne → bombing of Dresden → bombing of Hamburg →
objective	destruction of German war industry → disruption of German transportation infrastructure → undermining German civilian morale → weakening Nazi war effort →
opponent	German Air Force → Luftwaffe →
partOf	European theatre of World War II →
result	air superiority for the Allies over Western Europe → degradation of German industrial output → heavy German civilian casualties → loss of German oil production capacity → severe destruction of German urban areas →
startTime	1939 → September 1939 →
strategy	area bombing → precision bombing → strategic bombing →
target	German cities → German industrial centers → military installations → oil refineries → ports → rail yards → synthetic fuel plants → transportation networks →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Berlin (air campaign) ("RAF Bomber Command strategic bombing campaign") → Battle of Berlin (air campaign) ("Allied strategic bombing of Germany") → Big Week ("Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe") → Operation Gomorrah → Operation Hydra ("Allied strategic bombing campaign") → Operation Millennium ("RAF night bombing offensive") → Operation Soapsuds ("Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe") →	partOf
Allied bombing of Germany ("Oil Campaign of World War II") → Allied bombing of Germany ("bombing of Dresden") → Fifteenth Air Force ("Oil campaign of World War II") → Fifteenth Air Force ("Strategic bombing of Germany") →	notableOperation
Allied strategic bombers ("Combined Bomber Offensive") → Allied strategic bombers ("Bombing of Germany") → Allied strategic bombers ("Bombing of Dresden") →	notableCampaign
Operation Millennium ("Thousand-bomber raid on Cologne") →	alsoKnownAs
Operation Millennium ("thousand-bomber raid on Bremen") →	followedBy
Operation Tidal Wave ("Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe") →	isPartOf
United States Armed Forces in World War II ("Strategic bombing of Germany") →	majorOperation
Charles Portal ("Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe") →	notableWork
Royal Air Force Bomber Command ("bombing of Dresden") →	operation
Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive ("Combined Bomber Offensive") →	opposedTo
Allied air forces ("Combined Bomber Offensive") →	participatedIn
Eighth Air Force ("Daylight strategic bombing of Nazi Germany") →	primaryMissionDuringWorldWarII
Defense of the Reich ("Combined Bomber Offensive") →	relatedTo
Königsberg ("World War II bombing") →	sufferedEvent