Blockade of Formosa

Target entity: Blockade of Formosa
Context triple: [Amédée Courbet, notableWork, Blockade of Formosa]

• A. Ryukyu Islands campaign
  The Ryukyu Islands campaign was a major World War II Allied operation in the Pacific that included the Battle of Okinawa and aimed to capture Japan’s southern island chain as a staging area for a possible invasion of the Japanese home islands.
• B. Operation Ichi-Go
  Operation Ichi-Go was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
• C. Inchon Landing
  Inchon Landing was a pivotal 1950 amphibious assault led by UN forces under General Douglas MacArthur that reversed the course of the Korean War by recapturing Seoul and cutting North Korean supply lines.
• D. Operation Ten-Go
  Operation Ten-Go was the final major Japanese naval sortie of World War II, a desperate 1945 mission centered on the battleship Yamato’s one-way attack toward Okinawa.
• E. Wonsan landing
  The Wonsan landing was an amphibious operation during the Korean War in October 1950, in which United Nations forces, primarily U.S. X Corps, came ashore on North Korea’s east coast to secure the port city of Wonsan.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Blockade of Formosa
Target entity description: Blockade of Formosa was a French naval operation during the Sino-French War (1884–1885) in which Admiral Amédée Courbet’s forces blockaded key ports on Taiwan (then Formosa) to pressure Qing China.

• A. Ryukyu Islands campaign
  The Ryukyu Islands campaign was a major World War II Allied operation in the Pacific that included the Battle of Okinawa and aimed to capture Japan’s southern island chain as a staging area for a possible invasion of the Japanese home islands.
• B. Operation Ichi-Go
  Operation Ichi-Go was a major 1944 Japanese military offensive in China during World War II aimed at securing railways, destroying U.S. air bases, and linking Japanese-held territories.
• C. Inchon Landing
  Inchon Landing was a pivotal 1950 amphibious assault led by UN forces under General Douglas MacArthur that reversed the course of the Korean War by recapturing Seoul and cutting North Korean supply lines.
• D. Operation Ten-Go
  Operation Ten-Go was the final major Japanese naval sortie of World War II, a desperate 1945 mission centered on the battleship Yamato’s one-way attack toward Okinawa.
• E. Wonsan landing
  The Wonsan landing was an amphibious operation during the Korean War in October 1950, in which United Nations forces, primarily U.S. X Corps, came ashore on North Korea’s east coast to secure the port city of Wonsan.
• F. None of above. chosen