2nd Guards Tank Corps
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The 2nd Guards Tank Corps was an elite Soviet armored formation that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2nd Guards Tank Corps canonical | 2 |
| 23rd Tank Corps | 1 |
| 2nd Guards Tank Corps (historical predecessor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T990883 — 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: 2nd Guards Tank Corps Context triple: [3rd Belorussian Front, notableArmy, 2nd Guards Tank Corps]
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A.
11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives during World War II, particularly in the final campaigns against Nazi Germany.
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B.
8th Guards Army
The 8th Guards Army was an elite Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its pivotal role in World War II, particularly in the Battle of Stalingrad and subsequent offensives into Eastern Europe and Germany.
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C.
Soviet 60th Army
The Soviet 60th Army was a Red Army field formation of the USSR that advanced through Eastern Europe in World War II and is historically notable for liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.
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D.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
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E.
Soviet 64th Army
The Soviet 64th Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive and offensive role on the southern flank of the Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in 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: 2nd Guards Tank Corps Target entity description: The 2nd Guards Tank Corps was an elite Soviet armored formation that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
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A.
11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives during World War II, particularly in the final campaigns against Nazi Germany.
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B.
8th Guards Army
The 8th Guards Army was an elite Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its pivotal role in World War II, particularly in the Battle of Stalingrad and subsequent offensives into Eastern Europe and Germany.
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C.
Soviet 60th Army
The Soviet 60th Army was a Red Army field formation of the USSR that advanced through Eastern Europe in World War II and is historically notable for liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.
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D.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
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E.
Soviet 64th Army
The Soviet 64th Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive and offensive role on the southern flank of the Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Guards unit
ⓘ
Soviet tank corps ⓘ |
| awardedFor | distinction in combat ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| garrisonDuringWar | various fronts of the Red Army ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Guards ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Armored troops of the Red Army ⓘ |
| militaryDoctrine | Deep operations doctrine of the Red Army ⓘ |
| militaryUnitSize | corps ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Aleksei Rodin
ⓘ
Semyon Bogdanov ⓘ |
| notableEquipment |
KV-1 heavy tank
ⓘ
SU-100 self-propelled gun ⓘ SU-76 self-propelled gun ⓘ SU-85 self-propelled gun ⓘ T-34 medium tank ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in major Soviet offensives
ⓘ
rapid armored advances ⓘ |
| notableOperationType |
breakthrough of defensive lines
ⓘ
encirclement operations ⓘ pursuit operations ⓘ |
| opponent |
Waffen-SS
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Army ⓘ |
| precededBy |
2nd Guards Tank Corps
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
23rd Tank Corps
|
| receivedTitleFor | actions at Stalingrad ⓘ |
| role |
armored breakthrough formation
ⓘ
exploitation of operational success ⓘ |
| subunit |
Red Army units
ⓘ
surface form:
Artillery units of the Red Army
Engineer units of the Red Army ⓘ Motorized rifle brigades of the Red Army ⓘ Red Army units ⓘ
surface form:
Reconnaissance units of the Red Army
Tank brigades of the Red Army ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1942–1945 ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Berlin
ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ Operation Bagration ⓘ Operation Little Saturn ⓘ Operation Uranus ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2nd Guards Tank Corps Description of subject: The 2nd Guards Tank Corps was an elite Soviet armored formation that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Soviet Western Front
this entity surface form:
23rd Tank Corps
subject surface form:
2nd Guards Tank Army
this entity surface form:
2nd Guards Tank Corps (historical predecessor)