The Hump

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World War II supply route airlift route military air operation

The Hump was the perilous World War II Allied airlift route over the eastern Himalayas used to transport vital supplies from India to China after the Japanese cut off the Burma Road.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Hump canonical	3
Hump airlift over the Himalayas	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T753143 — 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: The Hump
Context triple: [The Hump airlift over the Himalayas, alternateName, The Hump]

A. Twelve O’Clock High
Twelve O’Clock High is a classic 1949 World War II drama film about the psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews, widely regarded as one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances.
B. Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
C. Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
D. The Landing
The Landing is a waterfront dining and entertainment district within Disney Springs at Walt Disney World, featuring themed restaurants, bars, and shops.
E. The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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: The Hump
Target entity description: The Hump was the perilous World War II Allied airlift route over the eastern Himalayas used to transport vital supplies from India to China after the Japanese cut off the Burma Road.

A. Twelve O’Clock High
Twelve O’Clock High is a classic 1949 World War II drama film about the psychological strain on U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews, widely regarded as one of Gregory Peck’s most powerful performances.
B. Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
C. Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
D. The Landing
The Landing is a waterfront dining and entertainment district within Disney Springs at Walt Disney World, featuring themed restaurants, bars, and shops.
E. The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis is Charles Lindbergh’s Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical account of his pioneering 1927 solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II supply route ⓘ airlift route ⓘ military air operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hump airlift ⓘ linked to: The Hump airlift over the Himalayas The Aluminum Trail ⓘ
associatedWith	Allied logistics in Asia ⓘ China-Burma-India campaign ⓘ linked to: China Burma India Theater
beganIn	1942 ⓘ
characterizedAs	perilous ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
crosses	eastern Himalayas ⓘ linked to: Eastern Himalayas
endedIn	1945 ⓘ
endPoint	China ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first sustained, large-scale air supply operation over high mountains ⓘ
knownFor	dangerous weather conditions ⓘ high aircraft loss rate ⓘ high mountain terrain ⓘ
locatedIn	Himalayan region ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
notableAircraftType	C-46 Commando ⓘ linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando C-47 Skytrain ⓘ linked to: Douglas C-47 Skytrain C-54 Skymaster ⓘ linked to: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
operatedBy	Air Transport Command ⓘ Tenth Air Force ⓘ
primaryCargo	ammunition ⓘ aviation fuel ⓘ food ⓘ military equipment ⓘ
purpose	support Chinese war effort against Japan ⓘ transport supplies from India to China ⓘ
reasonForCreation	Japanese capture of Burma Road ⓘ
regionServed	China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ linked to: China Burma India Theater
replaces	Burma Road as main Allied supply route to China ⓘ
resultedIn	large number of aircraft crashes ⓘ
riskFactor	icing ⓘ lack of accurate navigation aids ⓘ severe turbulence ⓘ unpredictable winds ⓘ
startPoint	India ⓘ
strategicImportance	maintained supply line to China after loss of Burma Road ⓘ
supported	Chinese Nationalist forces ⓘ linked to: Central Army of the Kuomintang U.S. forces in China ⓘ
timePeriod	1942–1945 ⓘ
usedBy	Allies ⓘ linked to: Allies of World War II Republic of China ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → alternateName → The Hump ⓘ

Operation Matterhorn → supplyRoute → The Hump ⓘ

The Aluminum Trail → associatedWith → The Hump ⓘ

Commando → notableOperation → Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ

linked to: The Hump

United States Army Air Forces in World War II → notableOperation → Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ