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the Blitz

1940 German bombing of Britain during WWII
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the Blitz

Summary

the Blitz is an aerial bombing of a city[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of aerial_bombing_of_a_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,401 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • the Blitz is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • the Blitz's image is recorded as St Paul destroyed.jpg[4].
  • the Blitz's instance of is recorded as aerial bombing of a city[5].
  • Blitzkrieg is named after the Blitz[6].
  • the Blitz's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh95003749[7].
  • the Blitz's location is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • the Blitz's part of is recorded as home front during World War II[9].
  • the Blitz's part of is recorded as strategic bombing during World War II[10].
  • the Blitz's Commons category is recorded as The Blitz[11].
  • the Blitz's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q13955 (ara)-Zinou2go-قصف لندن.wav[12].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Barrow Blitz[13].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Belfast Blitz[14].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Birmingham Blitz[15].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Brighton Blitz[16].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Bristol Blitz[17].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Cardiff Blitz[18].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Clydebank Blitz[19].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Coventry Blitz[20].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Greenock Blitz[21].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Hull Blitz[22].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Leeds Blitz[23].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Liverpool Blitz[24].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Manchester Blitz[25].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Newcastle Blitz[26].
  • the Blitz's has part is recorded as Nottingham Blitz[27].

Why It Matters

the Blitz ranks in the top 2% of aerial_bombing_of_a_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,401 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

George VI London Nazi Germany United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Radar - A Report on Science at War. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-blitz_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{the Blitz}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-blitz}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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