United Kingdom airstrikes

event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea

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1943-07-17T00:00:00Z

Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord

1942-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baedeker Blitz

1942-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bath Blitz

1941-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belfast Blitz

1942-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bombing of Cologne in World War II

1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bombing of Hamburg in World War II

1982-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bombing of Mount Kent

1982-06-13T00:00:00Z

Bombing of Two Sisters

1940-07-01T00:00:00Z

Brighton Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bristol Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardiff Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coventry Blitz

1942-04-23T00:00:00Z

Exeter Blitz

1941-05-06T00:00:00Z

Greenock Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liverpool Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manchester Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newcastle Blitz

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norwich Blitz

1941-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nottingham Blitz

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Operation Black Buck

1995-09-20T00:00:00Z

Operation Deliberate Force

1940-07-06T00:00:00Z

Plymouth Blitz

1940-12-29T00:00:00Z

Second Great Fire of London

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

Southampton Blitz

1940-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Blitz

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Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
conflict	1943	Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord	aerial bombing of a city, Netherlands, google		Wikidata
conflict	1942	Baedeker Blitz	United Kingdom, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1942	Bath Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1941	Belfast Blitz	United Kingdom, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict		Birmingham Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1942	Bombing of Cologne in World War II	aerial bombing of a city		Wikidata
conflict	1943	Bombing of Hamburg in World War II	Germany, aerial bombing of a city		Wikidata
conflict	1982	Bombing of Mount Kent	United Kingdom, airstrike, google		Wikidata
conflict	1982	Bombing of Two Sisters	airstrike, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Brighton Blitz	United Kingdom, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Bristol Blitz	United Kingdom, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Cardiff Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Coventry Blitz	United Kingdom, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1942	Exeter Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1941	Greenock Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Liverpool Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Manchester Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Newcastle Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom, google		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Norwich Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom, google		Wikidata
conflict	1941	Nottingham Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1982	Operation Black Buck	military operation, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1995	Operation Deliberate Force	airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Plymouth Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Second Great Fire of London	United Kingdom, city fire, airstrike		Wikidata
conflict	1940	Southampton Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata
conflict	1940	The Blitz	aerial bombing of a city, United Kingdom		Wikidata