Attack on Dakar
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Attack on Dakar was a World War II Allied naval and air operation in September 1940 aimed at seizing the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa from Vichy French control.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Attack on Dakar canonical | 1 |
| Battle of Dakar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17134954 — 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: Attack on Dakar Context triple: [Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, followedBy, Attack on Dakar]
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A.
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
The Battle of Mers-el-Kébir was a 1940 World War II naval engagement off the coast of French Algeria in which the British Royal Navy attacked the French fleet to prevent it from falling into German hands.
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B.
Battle of Gabon
The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
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C.
Siege of Cap-Français
The Siege of Cap-Français was a key 1793 military confrontation during the Haitian Revolution in which revolutionary forces challenged French colonial control of the important northern port city.
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D.
Madagascar campaign
The Madagascar campaign was a World War II Allied military operation in 1942 to seize the strategically important island of Madagascar from Vichy French control and prevent its use by Axis naval forces.
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E.
Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid was a disastrous Allied amphibious assault on the German-occupied French port of Dieppe in August 1942, remembered for its heavy casualties and the tactical lessons it provided for later operations such as D-Day.
- 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: Attack on Dakar Target entity description: Attack on Dakar was a World War II Allied naval and air operation in September 1940 aimed at seizing the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa from Vichy French control.
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A.
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir
The Battle of Mers-el-Kébir was a 1940 World War II naval engagement off the coast of French Algeria in which the British Royal Navy attacked the French fleet to prevent it from falling into German hands.
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B.
Battle of Gabon
The Battle of Gabon was a 1940 World War II campaign in French Equatorial Africa in which Free French and Allied forces seized control of Vichy-held Gabon, consolidating Free French authority in central Africa.
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C.
Siege of Cap-Français
The Siege of Cap-Français was a key 1793 military confrontation during the Haitian Revolution in which revolutionary forces challenged French colonial control of the important northern port city.
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D.
Madagascar campaign
The Madagascar campaign was a World War II Allied military operation in 1942 to seize the strategically important island of Madagascar from Vichy French control and prevent its use by Axis naval forces.
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E.
Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid was a disastrous Allied amphibious assault on the German-occupied French port of Dieppe in August 1942, remembered for its heavy casualties and the tactical lessons it provided for later operations such as D-Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Dakar