Altalena Affair
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The Altalena Affair was a 1948 confrontation in newly founded Israel between the Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun over the arrival and control of an arms ship, symbolizing the struggle to establish a unified national military authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Altalena Affair canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15325370 — 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: Altalena Affair Context triple: [National Military Organization, notableEvent, Altalena Affair]
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A.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
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B.
Hague Secret Emissary Affair
The Hague Secret Emissary Affair was a 1907 diplomatic incident in which Korea’s emperor covertly sent envoys to the Second Hague Peace Conference to protest Japanese encroachment on Korean sovereignty, only to be rebuffed and further undermine Korea’s international standing.
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C.
Corfu incident
The Corfu incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Italy and Greece over the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Corfu, which became an early test of the League of Nations’ ability to manage international conflicts.
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D.
Sudeten Crisis
The Sudeten Crisis was a 1938 diplomatic and political confrontation in which Nazi Germany demanded and ultimately secured the cession of Czechoslovakia’s predominantly German-speaking border regions, helping pave the way to World War II.
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E.
Caroline affair
The Caroline affair was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and the British Empire in 1837–1838, sparked by the British destruction of the American steamboat Caroline while it was aiding Canadian rebels.
- 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: Altalena Affair Target entity description: The Altalena Affair was a 1948 confrontation in newly founded Israel between the Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun over the arrival and control of an arms ship, symbolizing the struggle to establish a unified national military authority.
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A.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
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B.
Hague Secret Emissary Affair
The Hague Secret Emissary Affair was a 1907 diplomatic incident in which Korea’s emperor covertly sent envoys to the Second Hague Peace Conference to protest Japanese encroachment on Korean sovereignty, only to be rebuffed and further undermine Korea’s international standing.
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C.
Corfu incident
The Corfu incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Italy and Greece over the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Corfu, which became an early test of the League of Nations’ ability to manage international conflicts.
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D.
Sudeten Crisis
The Sudeten Crisis was a 1938 diplomatic and political confrontation in which Nazi Germany demanded and ultimately secured the cession of Czechoslovakia’s predominantly German-speaking border regions, helping pave the way to World War II.
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E.
Caroline affair
The Caroline affair was a diplomatic crisis between the United States and the British Empire in 1837–1838, sparked by the British destruction of the American steamboat Caroline while it was aiding Canadian rebels.
- F. None of above. chosen
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