Battle of Grytviken
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The Battle of Grytviken was a brief 1982 engagement during the Falklands War in which British forces recaptured the whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia from Argentine troops.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Grytviken canonical | 1 |
| Recapture of Grytviken | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Battle of Grytviken Context triple: [Operation Corporate, includesEvent, Battle of Grytviken]
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Battle of Dutch Harbor
The Battle of Dutch Harbor was a World War II Japanese air attack on the U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in June 1942, marking one of the few enemy assaults on North American soil and a key event in the Aleutian Islands campaign.
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Battle of Attu
The Battle of Attu was a World War II conflict in May 1943 in which U.S. forces recaptured the Aleutian island of Attu from Japanese occupation, marking the only land battle fought in North America during the war.
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Battle of the Falkland Islands
The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a major naval engagement of World War I in December 1914, in which a British battlecruiser squadron decisively defeated a German East Asia Squadron off the coast of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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Battle of Anchorage
The Battle of Anchorage is a pivotal fictional kaiju–Jaeger confrontation in the Pacific Rim universe, marking one of the defining early combats of pilot Raleigh Becket.
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Svalbard campaign
The Svalbard campaign was a World War II military operation in the Arctic involving Allied landings and the destruction of German weather and supply facilities on the Svalbard archipelago.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Grytviken Target entity description: The Battle of Grytviken was a brief 1982 engagement during the Falklands War in which British forces recaptured the whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia from Argentine troops.
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A.
Battle of Dutch Harbor
The Battle of Dutch Harbor was a World War II Japanese air attack on the U.S. naval base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in June 1942, marking one of the few enemy assaults on North American soil and a key event in the Aleutian Islands campaign.
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B.
Battle of Attu
The Battle of Attu was a World War II conflict in May 1943 in which U.S. forces recaptured the Aleutian island of Attu from Japanese occupation, marking the only land battle fought in North America during the war.
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C.
Battle of the Falkland Islands
The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a major naval engagement of World War I in December 1914, in which a British battlecruiser squadron decisively defeated a German East Asia Squadron off the coast of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
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D.
Battle of Anchorage
The Battle of Anchorage is a pivotal fictional kaiju–Jaeger confrontation in the Pacific Rim universe, marking one of the defining early combats of pilot Raleigh Becket.
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E.
Svalbard campaign
The Svalbard campaign was a World War II military operation in the Arctic involving Allied landings and the destruction of German weather and supply facilities on the Svalbard archipelago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Argentina
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| casualties |
Argentine casualties
ⓘ
British casualties ⓘ |
| combatant |
Argentine Marine Corps
ⓘ
surface form:
Argentine Marines
Argentine Navy ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Captain Trombetta
ⓘ
Lieutenant Keith Mills ⓘ |
| conflict | Falklands War ⓘ |
| conflictType | naval and land engagement ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 54.281°S 36.509°W ⓘ |
| country |
Argentina
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1982-04-03 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Argentine military reports
ⓘ
British Ministry of Defence accounts ⓘ |
| endDate | 1982-04-03 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Operation Paraquet
ⓘ
Battle of Grytviken self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Recapture of Grytviken
|
| genre | 20th-century battle ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Argentine amphibious landing at Grytviken
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defence of Grytviken by Royal Marines ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
amphibious warfare
ⓘ
small-unit defence ⓘ |
| location |
Grytviken
ⓘ
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ
surface form:
South Georgia
|
| militaryTheater | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sinking of ARA Guerrico damaged in action near Grytviken ⓘ |
| partOf |
Falklands War
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Falklands War ⓘ
surface form:
South Atlantic campaign of the Falklands War
|
| placeOfAction |
Grytviken
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surface form:
Grytviken whaling station
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| precededBy |
Falklands War
ⓘ
surface form:
Argentine invasion of South Georgia
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| relatedTo |
Battle of Goose Green
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Battle of Mount Tumbledown ⓘ Falklands War ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of the Falkland Islands
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| result |
Argentine victory
ⓘ
capture of Grytviken by Argentine forces ⓘ |
| significance | first clash between British and Argentine forces in the Falklands War ⓘ |
| startDate | 1982-04-03 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
anti-tank weapons
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naval gunfire ⓘ small arms ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Grytviken Description of subject: The Battle of Grytviken was a brief 1982 engagement during the Falklands War in which British forces recaptured the whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia from Argentine troops.
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