IX Army Corps
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The IX Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-sized military formation that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IX Army Corps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12720621 — 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: IX Army Corps Context triple: [Battle of Velikiye Luki, germanFormation, IX Army Corps]
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XI Army Corps
The XI Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-sized military formation that fought on multiple fronts during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
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XI Corps
XI Corps is a major field formation of the Indian Army responsible for operational and defensive roles under the Southern Command.
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VIII Corps
VIII Corps was a Union Army corps that served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, particularly in operations in the Shenandoah Valley.
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VIII Corps
VIII Corps was a U.S. Army corps-level formation in World War II that fought in major European campaigns, including the Battle of the Bulge, under General George S. Patton’s overall command.
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XII Corps
XII Corps was a major French military formation of the Napoleonic Wars, composed largely of allied contingents and active in several key campaigns in Central Europe.
- 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: IX Army Corps Target entity description: The IX Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-sized military formation that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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A.
XI Army Corps
The XI Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-sized military formation that fought on multiple fronts during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
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B.
XI Corps
XI Corps is a major field formation of the Indian Army responsible for operational and defensive roles under the Southern Command.
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C.
VIII Corps
VIII Corps was a U.S. Army corps-level formation in World War II that fought in major European campaigns, including the Battle of the Bulge, under General George S. Patton’s overall command.
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D.
VIII Corps
VIII Corps was a Union Army corps that served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, particularly in operations in the Shenandoah Valley.
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E.
XII Corps
XII Corps is a field formation of the Indian Army responsible for operations and defense in parts of western India, including sectors along the border with Pakistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Wehrmacht army corps ⓘ |
| activePeriod | World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battles around Rzhev NERFINISHED ⓘ Defensive operations in Belarus ⓘ Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAs | IX. Armeekorps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologyContext | served under National Socialist regime ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Friedrich Gollwitzer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hermann Geyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Josef Harpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Rolf Wuthmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | invasion of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf | German Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | frontline combat formation ⓘ |
| size | corps ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
4th Army (Wehrmacht)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
9th Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED ⓘ Army Group Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Army Group North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| type | combined arms formation ⓘ |
| usedEquipment | German Army standard equipment of World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IX Army Corps Description of subject: The IX Army Corps was a German Wehrmacht corps-sized military formation that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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