Allied invasion of south-west France
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The Allied invasion of south-west France was a late Napoleonic War campaign in 1813–1814 in which British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces under the Duke of Wellington crossed the Pyrenees to drive French troops from the region and push toward Napoleon’s heartland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Allied crossing of the Adour River | 1 |
| Allied invasion of south-west France canonical | 1 |
| Allied invasion of southwestern France | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17443267 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Allied invasion of south-west France Context triple: [Wellington’s advance into France, relatedCampaign, Allied invasion of south-west France]
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Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II, beginning with the Normandy landings and leading to the liberation of France.
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B.
Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Normandy was a major World War II Allied campaign in 1944 that began with the D-Day landings in northern France and led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
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Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid was a disastrous Allied amphibious assault on the German-occupied French port of Dieppe in August 1942, remembered for its heavy casualties and the tactical lessons it provided for later operations such as D-Day.
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Sword Beach
Sword Beach was one of the five main Allied invasion beaches in Normandy where British forces landed during the D-Day operations of World War II.
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E.
Retreat from Normandy
The Retreat from Normandy was the German forces’ withdrawal from northern France in 1944 following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead, culminating in the encirclement and destruction of many units in the Falaise Pocket.
- 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: Allied invasion of south-west France Target entity description: The Allied invasion of south-west France was a late Napoleonic War campaign in 1813–1814 in which British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces under the Duke of Wellington crossed the Pyrenees to drive French troops from the region and push toward Napoleon’s heartland.
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A.
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II, beginning with the Normandy landings and leading to the liberation of France.
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B.
Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Normandy was a major World War II Allied campaign in 1944 that began with the D-Day landings in northern France and led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
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C.
Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid was a disastrous Allied amphibious assault on the German-occupied French port of Dieppe in August 1942, remembered for its heavy casualties and the tactical lessons it provided for later operations such as D-Day.
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D.
Sword Beach
Sword Beach was one of the five main Allied invasion beaches in Normandy where British forces landed during the D-Day operations of World War II.
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E.
Retreat from Normandy
The Retreat from Normandy was the German forces’ withdrawal from northern France in 1944 following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead, culminating in the encirclement and destruction of many units in the Falaise Pocket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Allied invasion of south-west France
linked to: Allied invasion of south-west France