Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal)

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evacuation operation military operation naval operation

Operation Ke was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s successful early 1943 operation to secretly evacuate its remaining forces from Guadalcanal, effectively conceding the island to Allied control in the Pacific War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal	1
Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1127574 — 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: Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal)
Context triple: [Battle of Rennell Island, followedBy, Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal)]

A. Operation Cartwheel
Operation Cartwheel was a major Allied World War II campaign in the Pacific aimed at isolating and neutralizing the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul through a series of coordinated air, land, and naval operations.
B. Operation Ichi-Go
Operation Ichi-Go was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
C. Operation Ten-Go
Operation Ten-Go was the final major Japanese naval sortie of World War II, a desperate 1945 mission centered on the battleship Yamato’s one-way attack toward Okinawa.
D. Operation Iceberg
Operation Iceberg was the codename for the Allied amphibious assault and ensuing campaign to capture the Japanese island of Okinawa during World War II.
E. Operation U-Go
Operation U-Go was a major Japanese offensive during World War II aimed at invading British-held India from Burma in 1944.
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: Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal)
Target entity description: Operation Ke was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s successful early 1943 operation to secretly evacuate its remaining forces from Guadalcanal, effectively conceding the island to Allied control in the Pacific War.

A. Operation Cartwheel
Operation Cartwheel was a major Allied World War II campaign in the Pacific aimed at isolating and neutralizing the Japanese stronghold of Rabaul through a series of coordinated air, land, and naval operations.
B. Operation Ichi-Go
Operation Ichi-Go was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
C. Operation Ten-Go
Operation Ten-Go was the final major Japanese naval sortie of World War II, a desperate 1945 mission centered on the battleship Yamato’s one-way attack toward Okinawa.
D. Operation Iceberg
Operation Iceberg was the codename for the Allied amphibious assault and ensuing campaign to capture the Japanese island of Okinawa during World War II.
E. Operation U-Go
Operation U-Go was a major Japanese offensive during World War II aimed at invading British-held India from Burma in 1944.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	evacuation operation ⓘ military operation ⓘ naval operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal ⓘ linked to: Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal)
belligerent	Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Japan
codeName	Ke-gō Sakusen ⓘ linked to: Kogo Sakusen
commandedBy	Gunichi Mikawa ⓘ Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ Second World War ⓘ linked to: World War II
consequence	Guadalcanal conceded to Allied control ⓘ end of major ground combat on Guadalcanal ⓘ shift of Japanese defensive line in the South Pacific ⓘ strengthening of Allied position in Solomon Islands ⓘ
country	Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Japan
date	February 1943 ⓘ January 1943 ⓘ
endTime	1943-02-07 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied New Georgia campaign ⓘ linked to: Northern Solomons campaign
hasObjective	denial of Allied awareness of evacuation ⓘ evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal ⓘ
location	Guadalcanal ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
notableAspect	Allies initially misinterpreted operation as Japanese reinforcement attempt ⓘ conducted under cover of feigned reinforcement ⓘ one of the few large-scale successful sea evacuations under enemy air superiority in WWII ⓘ
numberOfTroopsEvacuated	approximately 10000 ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces ⓘ Royal Australian Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ linked to: Solomon Islands campaign
precededBy	Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
result	Allied tactical victory on Guadalcanal confirmed ⓘ Japanese evacuation successful ⓘ Japanese strategic withdrawal from Guadalcanal ⓘ
startTime	1943-01-14 ⓘ
strategy	deception ⓘ nighttime destroyer operations ⓘ
supportedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
theater	Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ South West Pacific Area ⓘ
uses	Tokyo Express destroyer transport runs ⓘ