Battle of Himara
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The Battle of Himara was a World War II engagement in December 1940 during the Greco-Italian War, in which Greek forces captured the coastal town of Himara from Italian troops in southern Albania.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Himara canonical | 1 |
| Battle of Himarë | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T908665 — 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: Battle of Himara Context triple: [Italian invasion of Greece, notableBattle, Battle of Himara]
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A.
Battle of Doiran
The Battle of Doiran was a series of World War I engagements between Bulgarian and Allied forces near Lake Doiran in Macedonia, notable for the strong Bulgarian defensive stand on the Balkan Front.
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B.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Battle of Kos
The Battle of Kos was a World War II engagement in October 1943 in which German forces seized the Greek island of Kos from British and Italian troops during the Dodecanese campaign.
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D.
Battle of Vitsi
The Battle of Vitsi was a major engagement of the Greek Civil War in 1949, where government forces decisively defeated the communist Democratic Army of Greece near the Greek–Albanian border.
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E.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
- 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: Battle of Himara Target entity description: The Battle of Himara was a World War II engagement in December 1940 during the Greco-Italian War, in which Greek forces captured the coastal town of Himara from Italian troops in southern Albania.
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A.
Battle of Doiran
The Battle of Doiran was a series of World War I engagements between Bulgarian and Allied forces near Lake Doiran in Macedonia, notable for the strong Bulgarian defensive stand on the Balkan Front.
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B.
Battle of Sybota
The Battle of Sybota was a major naval clash between Corinth and Corcyra in 433 BCE that heightened tensions between Athens and Sparta and helped precipitate the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Battle of Kos
The Battle of Kos was a World War II engagement in October 1943 in which German forces seized the Greek island of Kos from British and Italian troops during the Dodecanese campaign.
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D.
Battle of Vitsi
The Battle of Vitsi was a major engagement of the Greek Civil War in 1949, where government forces decisively defeated the communist Democratic Army of Greece near the Greek–Albanian border.
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E.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Himarë
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Himara
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| belligerent |
Greece
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| campaign | Greek campaign in Northern Epirus ⓘ |
| combatant |
Greek Army
ⓘ
Royal Italian Army ⓘ
linked to:
Regio Esercito
|
| conflict |
Greco-Italian War
ⓘ
linked to:
Italian invasion of Greece
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| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of Greece
ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| date | December 1940 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1940-12-22 ⓘ |
| era |
World War II in the Balkans
ⓘ
linked to:
Balkan theatre of World War II
|
| followedBy | Battle of Klisura Pass ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Albanian Riviera
ⓘ
Himara ⓘ
linked to:
Himarë
southern Albania ⓘ
linked to:
Tosk region
|
| involves | capture of coastal town from Italian troops ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Albania ⓘ |
| objective | capture of Himara ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greek offensive in southern Albania
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Saranda ⓘ |
| result | Greek victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1940-12-19 ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | control of coastal road along Albanian Riviera ⓘ |
| territorialChange | Himara captured by Greek forces ⓘ |
| theatre | Balkan theatre of World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Himara Description of subject: The Battle of Himara was a World War II engagement in December 1940 during the Greco-Italian War, in which Greek forces captured the coastal town of Himara from Italian troops in southern Albania.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Himara