West Indies campaign of 1778–1783

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The West Indies campaign of 1778–1783 was a major naval and colonial theater of the American Revolutionary War in which European powers, especially Britain and France, fought for control of lucrative Caribbean islands and sea lanes.

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Label	Occurrences
West Indies theatre of the American Revolutionary War	2
British Caribbean campaign	1
British Caribbean naval campaigns against France	1
French operations in the Caribbean (American Revolutionary War)	1
Guerra del Caribe del siglo XVIII	1
Spanish Caribbean campaign	1
West Indies Naval Campaign	1
West Indies campaign (American Revolutionary War)	1
West Indies campaign of 1778–1779	1
West Indies campaign of 1778–1783 canonical	1
West Indies theater of the American Revolutionary War	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14309037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Indies campaign of 1778–1783
Context triple: [Battle of the Mona Passage, campaign, West Indies campaign of 1778–1783]

A. Seven Years' War in the Caribbean
The Seven Years' War in the Caribbean was the regional theater of the global Seven Years' War, marked by intense naval battles and colonial struggles between European powers for control of lucrative Caribbean islands and trade routes.
B. British capture of St. Eustatius
The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.
C. Siege of Havana (1762)
The Siege of Havana (1762) was a pivotal British amphibious assault and capture of the Spanish colonial capital of Cuba, significantly impacting the balance of power in the Caribbean during the Seven Years' War.
D. Battle of St. Kitts
The Battle of St. Kitts was a 1782 naval engagement in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse defeated a British squadron while supporting the capture of the island from British control.
E. Battle of Martinique (1780)
The Battle of Martinique (1780) was a naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which British and French fleets clashed in the Caribbean near the island of Martinique.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Indies campaign of 1778–1783
Target entity description: The West Indies campaign of 1778–1783 was a major naval and colonial theater of the American Revolutionary War in which European powers, especially Britain and France, fought for control of lucrative Caribbean islands and sea lanes.

A. Seven Years' War in the Caribbean
The Seven Years' War in the Caribbean was the regional theater of the global Seven Years' War, marked by intense naval battles and colonial struggles between European powers for control of lucrative Caribbean islands and trade routes.
B. British capture of St. Eustatius
The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.
C. Siege of Havana (1762)
The Siege of Havana (1762) was a pivotal British amphibious assault and capture of the Spanish colonial capital of Cuba, significantly impacting the balance of power in the Caribbean during the Seven Years' War.
D. Battle of St. Kitts
The Battle of St. Kitts was a 1782 naval engagement in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War, in which a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse defeated a British squadron while supporting the capture of the island from British control.
E. Battle of Martinique (1780)
The Battle of Martinique (1780) was a naval engagement during the American Revolutionary War in which British and French fleets clashed in the Caribbean near the island of Martinique.
F. None of above. chosen