Operation Chastise

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Royal Air Force operation World War II operation military operation

Operation Chastise was a famous World War II Royal Air Force raid in 1943 in which specially modified bombers attacked German dams using innovative “bouncing bombs” to disrupt industrial production in the Ruhr Valley.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Chastise canonical 27
Dambusters raid 2
Dambusters Raid 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force operation ⓘ
World War II operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aircraftType Avro Lancaster heavy bomber ⓘ
aircraftUsed Avro Lancaster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Chastise ⓘ
surface form: Dambusters Raid
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
casualties significant German civilian casualties ⓘ
codename Operation Chastise self-link ⓘ
commandedBy Guy Gibson ⓘ
surface form: Wing Commander Guy Gibson
commander Guy Gibson ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1943-05-16 ⓘ
1943-05-17 ⓘ
endDate 1943-05-17 ⓘ
engineeringBy Barnes Wallis ⓘ
hasMediaAdaptation The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ
hasParticipant No. 617 Squadron RAF aircrews ⓘ
innovation low-level night bombing techniques ⓘ
specialized bomb aiming methods ⓘ
legacy symbol of precision bombing in World War II ⓘ
locationOfTargetRegion North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
notableFor use of bouncing bombs ⓘ
objective destroy German dams ⓘ
disrupt industrial production in the Ruhr Valley ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf Allied strategic bombing campaign ⓘ
place Germany ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr Valley
planningBy Air Ministry ⓘ
surface form: British Air Ministry
preparation specialized training for low-level night flying ⓘ
RAFcasualties loss of several attacking aircraft ⓘ
result breaching of Eder Dam ⓘ
breaching of Möhne Dam ⓘ
damage to German industrial infrastructure ⓘ
flooding in the Ruhr Valley ⓘ
startDate 1943-05-16 ⓘ
target Eder Dam ⓘ
Möhne Dam ⓘ
Sorpe Dam ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
typeOfTarget hydroelectric dams ⓘ
reservoir dams ⓘ
unit No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
usedWeapon Upkeep bouncing bomb ⓘ
weaponDesigner Barnes Wallis ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

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World War II → hasPart → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Royal Air Force Bomber Command → notableOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Royal Air Force Bomber Command → notableOperationDescription → Operation Chastise ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dambusters raid on German dams in 1943
Operation Chastise → alsoKnownAs → Operation Chastise ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dambusters Raid
Operation Chastise → codename → Operation Chastise self-link ⓘ
Lancaster → notableOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
Lancaster → notableOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
this entity surface form: Dambusters raid
RAF Scampton → associatedOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Battle of the Ruhr → notableOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Avro Lancaster → notableOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Avro Lancaster → notableMission → Operation Chastise ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dambusters raid on Ruhr dams
Upkeep bouncing bomb → operation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Barnes Wallis → inspired → Operation Chastise ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation Chastise (Dambusters raid)
Sorpe Dam → wasTargetOf → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Sorpe Dam → wasTargetOf → Operation Chastise ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Dambusters raid
No. 617 Squadron RAF → notableOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
No. 617 Squadron RAF → notableFor → Operation Chastise ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dambusters raid
The Dam Busters (1955 film) → depictsEvent → Operation Chastise ⓘ
EGXP → historicallyAssociatedWith → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Lanc → notableMission → Operation Chastise ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
World War II bombing → hasNotableEvent → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Enemy Coast Ahead → describesEvent → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Dambusters Memorial at Derwent Reservoir → hasSubject → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Dambusters Raid sites → partOf → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Upkeep → usedIn → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Dambuster bomb → notableUse → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Dambuster bomb → operation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
bouncing bomb → usedInOperation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Dams Raid 1943 → hasAlias → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Guy Penrose Gibson → notableWork → Operation Chastise ⓘ
The Dam Busters (book) → mainSubject → Operation Chastise ⓘ
subject surface form: The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters (book) → associatedWith → Operation Chastise ⓘ
subject surface form: The Dam Busters
617 Squadron → operation → Operation Chastise ⓘ
Paul Brickhill → wroteAbout → Operation Chastise ⓘ