Battle for Hill 112
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The Battle for Hill 112 was a fierce World War II engagement in Normandy in 1944, where Allied and German forces fought for control of a strategically vital height dominating the approaches to Caen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle for Hill 112 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3192442 — 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 for Hill 112 Context triple: [43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, notableEngagement, Battle for Hill 112]
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A.
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war film depicting a brutal Vietnam War battle, noted for its gritty realism and ensemble cast.
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B.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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C.
Guadalcanal March
Guadalcanal March is a concert and film score piece by Richard Rodgers, best known as the stirring main title march from the World War II film "Guadalcanal Diary."
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D.
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders were a famed American long-range jungle warfare unit of World War II that conducted deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines in the China-Burma-India theater.
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E.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a non-fiction book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway that recounts their firsthand experiences and leadership during one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War.
- 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: Battle for Hill 112 Target entity description: The Battle for Hill 112 was a fierce World War II engagement in Normandy in 1944, where Allied and German forces fought for control of a strategically vital height dominating the approaches to Caen.
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A.
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war film depicting a brutal Vietnam War battle, noted for its gritty realism and ensemble cast.
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B.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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C.
Guadalcanal March
Guadalcanal March is a concert and film score piece by Richard Rodgers, best known as the stirring main title march from the World War II film "Guadalcanal Diary."
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D.
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders were a famed American long-range jungle warfare unit of World War II that conducted deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines in the China-Burma-India theater.
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E.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a non-fiction book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway that recounts their firsthand experiences and leadership during one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| aftermath | Hill 112 remained largely a no-man's-land for weeks ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Hill 112
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Operation Jupiter ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Jupiter (main assault phase)
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| associatedOperation |
Operation Epsom
ⓘ
Operation Jupiter ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Allied forces
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German forces ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| commandedBy | British Second Army ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | memorials on Hill 112 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Germany
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| feature |
fierce infantry fighting
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heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ intense tank combat ⓘ |
| front | Western Front ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
German 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
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surface form:
10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
11th Armoured Division ⓘ 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend ⓘ 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division ⓘ 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division ⓘ 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen ⓘ British VIII Corps ⓘ Waffen-SS ⓘ
surface form:
Waffen-SS units
|
| location |
France
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Normandy ⓘ |
| near | Caen ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Miles Dempsey
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Paul Hausser ⓘ
surface form:
SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser
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| notableFor |
high British and German losses
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stubborn German defense ⓘ |
| objectiveOf | British attempts to break out from Normandy beachhead ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of Normandy
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Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy campaign
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| result |
inconclusive
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strategic Allied success ⓘ tactical German defensive success ⓘ |
| startDate | 1944-07 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
dominated approaches to Caen
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overlooked Odon valley ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
approaches to Caen
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control of Hill 112 ⓘ |
| terrain |
dominating height
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ridge feature ⓘ |
| theatre | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| year | 1944 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Battle for Hill 112 Description of subject: The Battle for Hill 112 was a fierce World War II engagement in Normandy in 1944, where Allied and German forces fought for control of a strategically vital height dominating the approaches to Caen.
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