Allied strategic bombers

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military aircraft category strategic bomber

Allied strategic bombers were long-range aircraft used by the Allies in World War II to conduct large-scale bombing campaigns against enemy industrial, military, and logistical targets.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military aircraft category →
strategic bomber →
conflict World War II →
crewSize multi-crew →
doctrine area bombing →
precision bombing →
historicalDebate effectiveness of strategic bombing in WWII →
morality of area bombing →
notableAircraftType Armstrong Whitworth Whitley →
Avro Lancaster →
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress →
Boeing B-29 Superfortress →
Consolidated B-24 Liberator →
Handley Page Halifax →
Petlyakov Pe-8 →
Short Stirling →
Vickers Wellington →
notableCampaign Bombing of Dresden →
Bombing of Germany →
Bombing of Japan →
Combined Bomber Offensive →
Operation Gomorrah →
Operation Meetinghouse →
Operation Pointblank →
Tokyo air raids →
objective enemy industrial targets →
enemy logistical targets →
enemy military targets →
morale bombing →
operationalRange long-range →
propulsion piston-engined →
role long-range bombing →
strategic bombing →
strategicEffect civilian casualties →
degradation of enemy war production →
disruption of enemy logistics →
urban destruction →
targetedCountry Imperial Japan →
Italy →
Nazi Germany →
targetedInfrastructure factories →
oil refineries →
ports →
rail yards →
transportation networks →
theater European Theater of Operations →
Pacific Theater of Operations →
timePeriod 1939–1945 →
typicalArmament high-explosive bombs →
incendiary bombs →
mines →
usedBy Allies of World War II →
Free French Air Forces →
Royal Air Force →
Royal Australian Air Force →
Royal Canadian Air Force →
Soviet Air Forces →
United States Army Air Forces →
Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Operation Goodwood →
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