Japanese 18th Division
E416657
The Japanese 18th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Burma Campaign during World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) | 1 |
| Imperial Japanese Army 18th Division | 1 |
| Imperial Japanese Army 18th Division elements | 1 |
| Japanese 18th Division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4162655 — 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: Japanese 18th Division Context triple: [Long Range Penetration Groups, opposedBy, Japanese 18th Division]
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A.
Japanese 11th Division
The Japanese 11th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other early 20th-century conflicts in East Asia.
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B.
Japanese 10th Division
The Japanese 10th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that saw major combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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C.
Japanese 3rd Division
The Japanese 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other campaigns during the early 20th century.
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D.
Japanese 5th Division
The Japanese 5th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that saw extensive combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major early campaigns in China and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Japanese 25th Army
The Japanese 25th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during 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: Japanese 18th Division Target entity description: The Japanese 18th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Burma Campaign during World War II.
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A.
Japanese 11th Division
The Japanese 11th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other early 20th-century conflicts in East Asia.
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B.
Japanese 10th Division
The Japanese 10th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that saw major combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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C.
Japanese 3rd Division
The Japanese 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other campaigns during the early 20th century.
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D.
Japanese 5th Division
The Japanese 5th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that saw extensive combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major early campaigns in China and Southeast Asia.
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E.
Japanese 25th Army
The Japanese 25th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army division
ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ |
| allegiance | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| branch | Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
Burma Campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Burma campaign
Pacific War ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
linked to:
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
|
| era | World War II era ⓘ |
| formedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| garrison | Kurume ⓘ |
| locationOfOperations |
Burma
ⓘ
linked to:
Myanmar
China ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| militaryBranchOf | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRole |
occupation duties in China
ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Changsha
ⓘ
Battle of Imphal ⓘ Battle of Kohima ⓘ Battle of Nanchang ⓘ Battle of Toungoo ⓘ Battle of Wuhan ⓘ Battle of Yenangyaung ⓘ Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ Burma Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Burma campaign
|
| notableFor |
operations in Burma
ⓘ
participation in major battles in central China ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Army
ⓘ
Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ Indian Army ⓘ Republic of China National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese National Revolutionary Army
United States forces ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Japanese invasion of Burma
ⓘ
linked to:
Burma campaign
Japanese operations in central China ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| role | frontline infantry formation ⓘ |
| sideInConflict |
Axis Powers
ⓘ
linked to:
Axis powers
Japan in World War II ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese forces in the Pacific
|
| theater |
Burma theater of World War II
ⓘ
linked to:
Burma campaign
China theater of World War II ⓘ |
| type | infantry ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
encirclement operations
ⓘ
jungle warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Japanese 18th Division Description of subject: The Japanese 18th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Burma Campaign during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Japanese 18th Division
subject linked to:
Mutaguchi
linked to: Japanese 18th Division
linked to: Japanese 18th Division