White forces
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White forces refers to the anti-Bolshevik military and political factions that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| White forces canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1947740 — 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.
Target entity: White forces Context triple: [White Guard movement, alsoKnownAs, White forces]
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Allied forces
The Allied forces were the coalition of countries, primarily including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and their partners, that fought against the Axis powers during World War II.
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Rifian forces
Rifian forces were the Berber-led tribal fighters from the Rif region of northern Morocco who resisted Spanish and later French colonial rule during the early 20th-century Rif War.
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Republican forces
Republican forces were the military units loyal to the democratically elected Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, comprising a mix of regular army troops, militias, and international volunteers fighting against the Nationalist rebels.
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Pro-Treaty forces
Pro-Treaty forces were the Irish government and military units that supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and formed the core of the National Army fighting to establish the Irish Free State.
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Northern Force
Northern Force was a decoy Japanese naval task group in World War II, centered on aircraft carriers, used to lure U.S. forces away during the Battle off Cape Engaño in the larger Leyte Gulf campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: White forces Target entity description: White forces refers to the anti-Bolshevik military and political factions that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
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A.
Allied forces
The Allied forces were the coalition of countries, primarily including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and their partners, that fought against the Axis powers during World War II.
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B.
Rifian forces
Rifian forces were the Berber-led tribal fighters from the Rif region of northern Morocco who resisted Spanish and later French colonial rule during the early 20th-century Rif War.
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C.
Republican forces
Republican forces were the military units loyal to the democratically elected Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, comprising a mix of regular army troops, militias, and international volunteers fighting against the Nationalist rebels.
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D.
Pro-Treaty forces
Pro-Treaty forces were the Irish government and military units that supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and formed the core of the National Army fighting to establish the Irish Free State.
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Northern Force
Northern Force was a decoy Japanese naval task group in World War II, centered on aircraft carriers, used to lure U.S. forces away during the Battle off Cape Engaño in the larger Leyte Gulf campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-Bolshevik military coalition
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political movement ⓘ side in the Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Caucasus
ⓘ
Northwest Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern Russia
Russian Empire territory ⓘ Siberia ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Russia
Ukraine ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
White Army
ⓘ
Whites ⓘ |
| characteristic |
lacked unified command
ⓘ
politically heterogeneous ⓘ |
| conflict | Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| consequence | emigration of White émigrés ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| goal |
overthrow Bolshevik regime
ⓘ
re-establish non-Bolshevik government ⓘ restore political order in Russia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Russian Army (Wrangel)
ⓘ
surface form:
Armed Forces of South Russia
Cossack units ⓘ Denikin’s forces ⓘ Don Cossacks ⓘ Kolchak’s forces ⓘ Kuban Cossack forces ⓘ
surface form:
Kornilov’s forces
Kuban Cossack forces ⓘ
surface form:
Kuban Cossacks
Northwestern Army ⓘ Orenburg Cossacks ⓘ Siberian Army ⓘ Ural Cossack forces ⓘ
surface form:
Ural Cossacks
Volunteer Army ⓘ Russian Army (Wrangel) ⓘ
surface form:
Wrangel’s forces
Yudenich’s forces ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-communism
ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ liberal republicanism ⓘ monarchism ⓘ |
| opposed |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Red Army ⓘ Soviet government ⓘ |
| outcome | defeat in Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Czechoslovak Legion
ⓘ
Entente Powers ⓘ
surface form:
Entente powers
France ⓘ Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| timePeriod |
1917–1923
ⓘ
Russian Civil War era ⓘ |
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Subject: White forces Description of subject: White forces refers to the anti-Bolshevik military and political factions that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
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