Operation Koltso
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Operation Koltso was the final Soviet offensive in early 1943 that encircled and destroyed the remaining German 6th Army at Stalingrad, effectively ending the battle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Koltso canonical | 4 |
| Operatsiya Koltso | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22727 — 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: Operation Koltso Context triple: [Battle of Stalingrad, operation, Operation Koltso]
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A.
Operation Downfall
Operation Downfall was the Allied forces’ planned but never-executed invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
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B.
Operation Vittles
Operation Vittles was the U.S. military’s codename for its large-scale air supply effort to deliver food, fuel, and other essentials to West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949.
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C.
Operation Typhoon
Operation Typhoon was the German Wehrmacht’s 1941 offensive aimed at capturing Moscow during World War II, whose failure marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front.
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D.
Operation Cottage
Operation Cottage was a World War II Allied amphibious landing and occupation of Kiska Island in the Aleutians, notable for encountering an unexpectedly evacuated Japanese garrison yet still suffering casualties from friendly fire and accidents.
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E.
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow was a World War II Allied campaign of intelligence, bombing, and reconnaissance aimed at locating and destroying German V-weapon (V-1 and V-2) research, production, and launch sites.
- 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 Koltso Target entity description: Operation Koltso was the final Soviet offensive in early 1943 that encircled and destroyed the remaining German 6th Army at Stalingrad, effectively ending the battle.
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A.
Operation Downfall
Operation Downfall was the Allied forces’ planned but never-executed invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
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B.
Operation Vittles
Operation Vittles was the U.S. military’s codename for its large-scale air supply effort to deliver food, fuel, and other essentials to West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949.
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C.
Operation Typhoon
Operation Typhoon was the German Wehrmacht’s 1941 offensive aimed at capturing Moscow during World War II, whose failure marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front.
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D.
Operation Cottage
Operation Cottage was a World War II Allied amphibious landing and occupation of Kiska Island in the Aleutians, notable for encountering an unexpectedly evacuated Japanese garrison yet still suffering casualties from friendly fire and accidents.
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E.
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow was a World War II Allied campaign of intelligence, bombing, and reconnaissance aimed at locating and destroying German V-weapon (V-1 and V-2) research, production, and launch sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military offensive
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Operation Ring ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy German casualties
ⓘ
significant Soviet casualties ⓘ |
| commander |
Andrey Yeremenko
ⓘ
Konstantin Rokossovsky ⓘ Nikolai Vatutin ⓘ |
| commandStructure | coordinated by Soviet High Command (Stavka) ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endTime | 1943-02-02 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soviet advances in southern Russia in 1943 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
boosted Soviet morale
ⓘ
major defeat for the Wehrmacht ⓘ turning point on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| involves |
armored units
ⓘ
artillery bombardment ⓘ infantry assaults ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ |
| location |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ Stalingrad ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
Don Front
ⓘ
Southwestern Front ⓘ Stalingrad Front ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Stalingrad Front
|
| objective | encirclement and destruction of German 6th Army ⓘ |
| opponent | German 6th Army ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Friedrich Paulus
ⓘ
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of Stalingrad
ⓘ
Soviet winter counteroffensive of 1942–1943 ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943
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| precededBy | Operation Uranus ⓘ |
| result |
decisive Soviet victory
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destruction of German 6th Army ⓘ end of the Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ |
| startTime | 1943-01-10 ⓘ |
| strategy | systematic reduction of German pocket at Stalingrad ⓘ |
| surrender | German 6th Army surrendered at Stalingrad ⓘ |
| surrenderDate | 1943-02-02 ⓘ |
| tactic | concentric attacks on German positions ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
Eastern Front of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Front
|
| timePeriod |
February 1943
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January 1943 ⓘ |
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Subject: Operation Koltso Description of subject: Operation Koltso was the final Soviet offensive in early 1943 that encircled and destroyed the remaining German 6th Army at Stalingrad, effectively ending the battle.
Referenced by (5)
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