1st Tank Army
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The 1st Tank Army was a major Soviet armoured formation of the Red Army that played a key role in large-scale offensives on the Eastern Front during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1st Tank Army canonical | 2 |
| Soviet 1st Tank Army | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1599183 — 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: 1st Tank Army Context triple: [Voronezh Front, includedUnit, 1st Tank Army]
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A.
11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives during World War II, particularly in the final campaigns against Nazi Germany.
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B.
7th Guards Army
The 7th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation in World War II, noted for its elite status and key role in major Eastern Front operations.
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C.
2nd Guards Tank Corps
The 2nd Guards Tank Corps was an elite Soviet armored formation that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
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D.
8th Guards Army
The 8th Guards Army was an elite Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its pivotal role in World War II, particularly in the Battle of Stalingrad and subsequent offensives into Eastern Europe and Germany.
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E.
6th Guards Army
The 6th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation that played a key role on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major offensives against Nazi Germany.
- 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: 1st Tank Army Target entity description: The 1st Tank Army was a major Soviet armoured formation of the Red Army that played a key role in large-scale offensives on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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A.
11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives during World War II, particularly in the final campaigns against Nazi Germany.
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B.
7th Guards Army
The 7th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation in World War II, noted for its elite status and key role in major Eastern Front operations.
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C.
2nd Guards Tank Corps
The 2nd Guards Tank Corps was an elite Soviet armored formation that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
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D.
8th Guards Army
The 8th Guards Army was an elite Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its pivotal role in World War II, particularly in the Battle of Stalingrad and subsequent offensives into Eastern Europe and Germany.
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E.
6th Guards Army
The 6th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation that played a key role on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major offensives against Nazi Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Red Army formation
ⓘ
Soviet tank army ⓘ |
| afterReformationName |
1st Guards Tank Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army
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| awardedTitle | Guards status for distinguished service ⓘ |
| composition |
mechanized corps
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motorized infantry units ⓘ self-propelled artillery units ⓘ support and service units ⓘ tank corps ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front of World War II
ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
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| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| doctrineRole | breakthrough and exploitation formation ⓘ |
| engagement |
Battle of Berlin
ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Prokhorovka ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Kursk
Berlin Offensive ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Berlin
Lower Silesian Offensive ⓘ Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ Upper Silesian Offensive ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1942 ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Guards ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Armoured troops of the Red Army ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advance from the Vistula River to the Oder River in early 1945
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participation in encirclement and destruction of German forces in Ukraine ⓘ participation in the capture of Berlin ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Andrei Kravchenko
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Mikhail Katukov ⓘ Viktor Obukhov ⓘ |
| notableFor | large-scale armoured offensives on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| notableOperation | deep armoured thrusts into German rear areas ⓘ |
| opponent |
Waffen-SS armoured formations
ⓘ
linked to:
Waffen-SS
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Army ⓘ |
| reformation | re-formed after early destruction in 1942 ⓘ |
| role | operational-level armoured formation ⓘ |
| status | disbanded as wartime formation ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
1st Ukrainian Front
ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
Soviet Front-level commands ⓘ Voronezh Front ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Voronezh Front
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| theaterOfOperations |
Czechoslovakia
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Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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