27 March coup
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The 27 March coup was a Yugoslav military-led overthrow of the pro-Axis government in 1941 that reversed Yugoslavia’s alignment with Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 27 March coup canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2510472 — 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: 27 March coup Context triple: [Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941, alsoKnownAs, 27 March coup]
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A.
February coup
The February coup was the 1948 Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia that marked the country’s shift into the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc.
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B.
May Coup of 1926
The May Coup of 1926 was a military takeover led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew Poland’s democratic government and ushered in the authoritarian Sanation regime in the Second Polish Republic.
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C.
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
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D.
April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1965 uprising in the Dominican Republic that sparked the Dominican Civil War and led to U.S. military intervention amid Cold War tensions.
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E.
April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1960 pro-democracy uprising in South Korea that overthrew the authoritarian Syngman Rhee regime and paved the way for short-lived democratic reforms.
- 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: 27 March coup Target entity description: The 27 March coup was a Yugoslav military-led overthrow of the pro-Axis government in 1941 that reversed Yugoslavia’s alignment with Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II.
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A.
February coup
The February coup was the 1948 Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia that marked the country’s shift into the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc.
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B.
May Coup of 1926
The May Coup of 1926 was a military takeover led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew Poland’s democratic government and ushered in the authoritarian Sanation regime in the Second Polish Republic.
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C.
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
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D.
April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1965 uprising in the Dominican Republic that sparked the Dominican Civil War and led to U.S. military intervention amid Cold War tensions.
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E.
April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1960 pro-democracy uprising in South Korea that overthrew the authoritarian Syngman Rhee regime and paved the way for short-lived democratic reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coup d'état
ⓘ
military coup ⓘ |
| aftermath |
rapid Axis military campaign against Yugoslavia in April 1941
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subsequent occupation and dismemberment of Yugoslavia by Axis powers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
27 March 1941 coup in Yugoslavia
ⓘ
Yugoslav coup d'état of 27 March 1941 ⓘ
linked to:
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941
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| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
|
| date | 27 March 1941 ⓘ |
| ledBy |
Dušan Simović
ⓘ
Yugoslav Royal Air Force officers ⓘ
linked to:
Yugoslav Royal Air Force
|
| location | Belgrade ⓘ |
| motive |
defense of Yugoslav sovereignty
ⓘ
resistance to alignment with the Axis Powers ⓘ |
| opposed | Tripartite Pact ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Fascist Italy
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| overthrewGovernmentOf |
Cvetković–Maček government
ⓘ
linked to:
Cvetković–Maček Agreement
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| participant |
Serbian nationalist elements
ⓘ
Yugoslav Army officers ⓘ Yugoslav Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Balkans Campaign of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Balkan Campaign
|
| precededBy | signing of the Tripartite Pact by Yugoslavia on 25 March 1941 ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
abrogation of Yugoslavia’s alignment with Nazi Germany
ⓘ
accession of King Peter II to full royal powers ⓘ installation of a new government under Dušan Simović ⓘ overthrow of the pro-Axis government in Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| significance |
prompted Hitler to order Operation 25 against Yugoslavia
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reversed Yugoslavia’s formal alignment with Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| supportedBy | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| triggered | German invasion of Yugoslavia ⓘ |
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Subject: 27 March coup Description of subject: The 27 March coup was a Yugoslav military-led overthrow of the pro-Axis government in 1941 that reversed Yugoslavia’s alignment with Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II.
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