evacuation of La Pallice
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The evacuation of La Pallice was a World War II Allied maritime withdrawal of troops and equipment from the French port of La Pallice in June 1940 as German forces advanced through France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| evacuation of La Pallice canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7584539 — 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: evacuation of La Pallice Context triple: [Operation Ariel, hasPart, evacuation of La Pallice]
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A.
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy is a one-act play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, complicity, and moral responsibility through the interrogation of detainees in Nazi-occupied France.
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B.
Fall of Paris
The Fall of Paris was the June 1940 capture and occupation of the French capital by Nazi Germany, marking a decisive collapse of French resistance in the early stages of World War II.
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C.
Hungnam evacuation
The Hungnam evacuation was a massive 1950 Korean War operation in which United Nations forces and tens of thousands of Korean civilians were withdrawn by sea from the port of Hungnam under enemy pressure.
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D.
Amiens prison raid
The Amiens prison raid was a daring low-level Allied air attack in February 1944 aimed at breaching a German-occupied prison in Amiens, France, to free members of the French Resistance and other detainees during World War II.
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E.
Barrières of Paris
The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
- 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: evacuation of La Pallice Target entity description: The evacuation of La Pallice was a World War II Allied maritime withdrawal of troops and equipment from the French port of La Pallice in June 1940 as German forces advanced through France.
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A.
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy is a one-act play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, complicity, and moral responsibility through the interrogation of detainees in Nazi-occupied France.
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B.
Fall of Paris
The Fall of Paris was the June 1940 capture and occupation of the French capital by Nazi Germany, marking a decisive collapse of French resistance in the early stages of World War II.
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C.
Hungnam evacuation
The Hungnam evacuation was a massive 1950 Korean War operation in which United Nations forces and tens of thousands of Korean civilians were withdrawn by sea from the port of Hungnam under enemy pressure.
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D.
Amiens prison raid
The Amiens prison raid was a daring low-level Allied air attack in February 1944 aimed at breaching a German-occupied prison in Amiens, France, to free members of the French Resistance and other detainees during World War II.
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E.
Barrières of Paris
The Barrières of Paris were a series of monumental toll gates built around late 18th-century Paris as part of the city’s customs wall, many designed in a distinctive neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
ⓘ
military evacuation ⓘ |
| after |
evacuation of Dunkirk
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Dunkirk
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endTime | June 1940 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
German occupation of La Rochelle
ⓘ
linked to:
German occupation of France
|
| hasCause |
Fall of France
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of France
German advance through France in 1940 ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
loss of French Atlantic port to Germany
ⓘ
preservation of Allied manpower ⓘ |
| location |
La Pallice
ⓘ
La Rochelle ⓘ |
| method | maritime evacuation ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Allied navies ⓘ |
| natureOfOperation | emergency withdrawal ⓘ |
| objective |
withdrawal of Allied equipment
ⓘ
withdrawal of Allied troops ⓘ |
| opponent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| participant |
Allied forces
ⓘ
France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of France ⓘ |
| result |
port subsequently captured by German forces
ⓘ
successful evacuation of significant Allied personnel ⓘ |
| startTime | June 1940 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | use of La Pallice as an Atlantic port for Allied shipping ⓘ |
| temporalContext | late stages of the Battle of France ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
Western Front (World War II)
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Front of World War II
|
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Subject: evacuation of La Pallice Description of subject: The evacuation of La Pallice was a World War II Allied maritime withdrawal of troops and equipment from the French port of La Pallice in June 1940 as German forces advanced through France.
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