Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass
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The Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass was a pivotal 1944 engagement in the Burma Campaign of World War II, where Allied forces successfully withstood a Japanese siege in the Arakan region, marking a turning point in jungle warfare tactics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2744317 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass Context triple: [Battle of the Admin Box, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass]
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Battle of Lashio
The Battle of Lashio was a World War II clash in Burma in 1942, where Japanese forces captured the key town of Lashio, severing the Burma Road supply line to China.
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Battle of Yenangyaung
The Battle of Yenangyaung was a major World War II engagement in Burma in April 1942, where Allied forces, including British and Chinese troops, fought the Japanese in a critical struggle over the region’s vital oilfields.
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C.
Battle of Quifangondo
The Battle of Quifangondo was a pivotal 1975 clash near Luanda in which MPLA forces, backed by Cuban and Soviet support, repelled a major FNLA and Zairian offensive, helping secure MPLA control at the outset of the Angolan Civil War.
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Battle of Feng-tao
The Battle of Feng-tao was a naval engagement in 1894 between Chinese and Japanese forces near Pungdo Island that helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Battle of Koh Tang
The Battle of Koh Tang was a 1975 U.S.–Cambodian military clash over the seizure of the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass Target entity description: The Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass was a pivotal 1944 engagement in the Burma Campaign of World War II, where Allied forces successfully withstood a Japanese siege in the Arakan region, marking a turning point in jungle warfare tactics.
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A.
Battle of Lashio
The Battle of Lashio was a World War II clash in Burma in 1942, where Japanese forces captured the key town of Lashio, severing the Burma Road supply line to China.
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B.
Battle of Yenangyaung
The Battle of Yenangyaung was a major World War II engagement in Burma in April 1942, where Allied forces, including British and Chinese troops, fought the Japanese in a critical struggle over the region’s vital oilfields.
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C.
Battle of Quifangondo
The Battle of Quifangondo was a pivotal 1975 clash near Luanda in which MPLA forces, backed by Cuban and Soviet support, repelled a major FNLA and Zairian offensive, helping secure MPLA control at the outset of the Angolan Civil War.
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D.
Battle of Feng-tao
The Battle of Feng-tao was a naval engagement in 1894 between Chinese and Japanese forces near Pungdo Island that helped trigger the First Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Battle of Koh Tang
The Battle of Koh Tang was a 1975 U.S.–Cambodian military clash over the seizure of the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez, often regarded as one of the last official battles of the Vietnam War era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of the Admin Box ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Allied logistics by air
ⓘ
siege warfare in jungle terrain ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Allied forces
ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| campaign |
Burma campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Arakan Campaign
|
| combatant |
British Army
ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
Burma campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma Campaign
|
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
India
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1944 ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | subsequent Allied advances in Arakan ⓘ |
| front | Arakan Front ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| impact |
boosted Allied morale in Burma
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contributed to shift in Allied tactics in jungle operations ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
Allied air forces
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Japanese ground forces ⓘ |
| location |
Arakan
ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Myanmar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
successful Allied defense against Japanese siege tactics
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turning point in jungle warfare tactics ⓘ use of air supply to sustain encircled troops ⓘ |
| outcome | Japanese offensive repulsed ⓘ |
| partOf |
Burma campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Arakan Campaign of 1944
Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Burma Campaign
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| precededBy |
Burma campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
First Arakan Campaign
|
| region | western Burma ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
control of Ngakyedauk Pass
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securing Allied positions in the Arakan coastal region ⓘ |
| tacticalSignificance |
demonstrated effectiveness of defensive boxes supplied by air
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undermined Japanese infiltration and encirclement tactics in Burma ⓘ |
| theater | South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | jungle warfare ⓘ |
| year | 1944 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass Description of subject: The Battle of Ngakyedauk Pass was a pivotal 1944 engagement in the Burma Campaign of World War II, where Allied forces successfully withstood a Japanese siege in the Arakan region, marking a turning point in jungle warfare tactics.
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