August Storm
E239421
August Storm was the codename for the Soviet Union’s massive 1945 offensive against Japanese forces in Manchuria during the final days of World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation August Storm | 2 |
| August Storm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161049 — 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: August Storm Context triple: [Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation, alsoKnownAs, August Storm]
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A.
Operation Decisive Storm
Operation Decisive Storm was the initial Saudi-led military air campaign launched in 2015 against Houthi forces in Yemen.
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B.
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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C.
Black Week
Black Week was a disastrous series of British military defeats during the Second Boer War in December 1899 that severely damaged Britain’s reputation and prompted major army reforms.
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D.
Operation Garden
Operation Garden was the ground offensive component of the World War II Allied Operation Market Garden, in which British XXX Corps advanced north through the Netherlands to link up with airborne forces.
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E.
Operation Coronet
Operation Coronet was the planned Allied amphibious invasion of Japan’s main island of Honshu, scheduled for early 1946 as part of the broader strategy to force Japan’s surrender in World War II.
- 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: August Storm Target entity description: August Storm was the codename for the Soviet Union’s massive 1945 offensive against Japanese forces in Manchuria during the final days of World War II.
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A.
Operation Decisive Storm
Operation Decisive Storm was the initial Saudi-led military air campaign launched in 2015 against Houthi forces in Yemen.
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B.
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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C.
Black Week
Black Week was a disastrous series of British military defeats during the Second Boer War in December 1899 that severely damaged Britain’s reputation and prompted major army reforms.
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D.
Operation Garden
Operation Garden was the ground offensive component of the World War II Allied Operation Market Garden, in which British XXX Corps advanced north through the Netherlands to link up with airborne forces.
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E.
Operation Coronet
Operation Coronet was the planned Allied amphibious invasion of Japan’s main island of Honshu, scheduled for early 1946 as part of the broader strategy to force Japan’s surrender in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military operation
ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Manchuria ⓘ
linked to:
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
|
| belligerent |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
Manchukuo ⓘ Mengjiang ⓘ Mongolian People’s Republic ⓘ
linked to:
Mongolia
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| commander |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov ⓘ Maksim Purkayev NERFINISHED ⓘ Otozō Yamada NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Soviet–Japanese War
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945-09-02 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ |
| involved |
Soviet airborne operations
ⓘ
Soviet amphibious landings ⓘ Soviet mechanized forces ⓘ |
| location |
Inner Mongolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Korea ⓘ Kuril Islands ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ Sakhalin ⓘ
linked to:
Sakhalin Island
|
| militaryBranch |
Red Army
ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Soviet Pacific Fleet ⓘ |
| opponent |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
Kwantung Army ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese Kwantung Army
|
| partOf |
Pacific War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Yalta Conference agreements
ⓘ
linked to:
Yalta Conference
|
| result |
Soviet occupation of Manchuria
ⓘ
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin ⓘ Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands
accelerated Japanese decision to surrender ⓘ collapse of the Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ decisive Soviet victory ⓘ |
| scale | massive offensive ⓘ |
| significance | contributed to the end of World War II in Asia ⓘ |
| startDate | 1945-08-09 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
defeat of Japanese forces in Manchuria
ⓘ
fulfillment of Yalta Conference commitments ⓘ |
| theater |
Far East
ⓘ
linked to:
Russia Far East
Manchurian front ⓘ |
| timePeriod | final days of World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: August Storm Description of subject: August Storm was the codename for the Soviet Union’s massive 1945 offensive against Japanese forces in Manchuria during the final days of World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: August Storm
linked to: August Storm