Überfall auf Polen
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Überfall auf Polen is the German term for the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Überfall auf Polen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5655574 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Überfall auf Polen Context triple: [Kampania wrześniowa, hasGermanName, Überfall auf Polen]
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A.
Grossaktion Warsaw
Grossaktion Warsaw was the mass deportation and extermination campaign carried out by Nazi Germany in 1942 that led to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, primarily at the Treblinka death camp.
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B.
German AB-Aktion in Poland
The German AB-Aktion in Poland was a 1940 Nazi campaign of mass arrests and executions targeting the Polish intelligentsia and leadership as part of broader efforts to destroy Polish society.
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C.
Wawer massacre
The Wawer massacre was a World War II mass execution of Polish civilians by German occupiers near Warsaw in December 1939, regarded as one of the first large-scale Nazi atrocities against the Polish population.
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D.
Bombing of Wieluń
The Bombing of Wieluń was a devastating German air raid on the Polish town of Wieluń on 1 September 1939, widely regarded as one of the first attacks of World War II and an early example of terror bombing against civilians.
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E.
Bialystok Ghetto Uprising
The Bialystok Ghetto Uprising was a 1943 armed revolt by Jewish resistance fighters in the Białystok Ghetto against Nazi German efforts to liquidate the ghetto during the Holocaust.
- 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: Überfall auf Polen Target entity description: Überfall auf Polen is the German term for the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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A.
Grossaktion Warsaw
Grossaktion Warsaw was the mass deportation and extermination campaign carried out by Nazi Germany in 1942 that led to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, primarily at the Treblinka death camp.
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B.
German AB-Aktion in Poland
The German AB-Aktion in Poland was a 1940 Nazi campaign of mass arrests and executions targeting the Polish intelligentsia and leadership as part of broader efforts to destroy Polish society.
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C.
Wawer massacre
The Wawer massacre was a World War II mass execution of Polish civilians by German occupiers near Warsaw in December 1939, regarded as one of the first large-scale Nazi atrocities against the Polish population.
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D.
Bombing of Wieluń
The Bombing of Wieluń was a devastating German air raid on the Polish town of Wieluń on 1 September 1939, widely regarded as one of the first attacks of World War II and an early example of terror bombing against civilians.
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E.
Bialystok Ghetto Uprising
The Bialystok Ghetto Uprising was a 1943 armed revolt by Jewish resistance fighters in the Białystok Ghetto against Nazi German efforts to liquidate the ghetto during the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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military invasion ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Invasion of Poland
NERFINISHED
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Polenfeldzug NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Deutsches Reich
NERFINISHED
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Slowakei (1939–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zweite Polnische Republik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
Danzig-Krise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
deutsche Expansion im Rahmen der nationalsozialistischen Außenpolitik ⓘ deutscher Revisionismus gegenüber dem Versailler Vertrag ⓘ |
| commander |
Adolf Hitler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Rydz-Śmigły NERFINISHED ⓘ Fedor von Bock NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Walther von Brauchitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ Władysław Sikorski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Zweiter Weltkrieg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Deutsches Reich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zweite Polnische Republik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Nürnberger Prozesse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polnische Kriegstagebücher NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmachtsberichte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1939-10-06 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Sowjetischer Überfall auf Ostpolen
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Westfeldzug NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Europa
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Errichtung des Generalgouvernements NERFINISHED ⓘ Flüchtlingsbewegungen in Osteuropa ⓘ Kriegserklärungen Großbritanniens und Frankreichs an Deutschland ⓘ Massive zivile Opfer in Polen ⓘ Teilung Polens zwischen Deutschland und der Sowjetunion ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Schlacht an der Bzura
NERFINISHED
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Schlacht bei Mława NERFINISHED ⓘ Schlacht bei Wizna NERFINISHED ⓘ Schlacht um Warschau (1939) NERFINISHED ⓘ Schlacht um die Westerplatte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerpetrator | Nationalsozialistisches Deutschland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVictim |
Polnische Streitkräfte
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Zivilbevölkerung in Polen ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Mitteleuropa
NERFINISHED
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Osteuropa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Deutsch ⓘ |
| legalCharacterization |
Angriffskrieg
ⓘ
Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht ⓘ |
| location |
Freie Stadt Danzig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ostpreußen NERFINISHED ⓘ Polen NERFINISHED ⓘ Schlesien NERFINISHED ⓘ Wartheland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Beschuss der Westerplatte durch das Linienschiff Schleswig-Holstein
NERFINISHED
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Bombardierung von Wieluń NERFINISHED ⓘ Deutsch-sowjetische Siegesparade in Brest-Litowsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Inszenierter Überfall auf den Sender Gleiwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapitulation Warschaus am 1939-09-28 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Deutsche Wehrmacht
NERFINISHED
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Polnische Streitkräfte NERFINISHED ⓘ Slowakische Armee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Deutsche Besetzung Polens 1939–1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Deutsch-sowjetischer Nichtangriffspakt
NERFINISHED
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Geheimes Zusatzprotokoll des Hitler-Stalin-Pakts NERFINISHED ⓘ Münchner Abkommen NERFINISHED ⓘ Zerschlagung der Rest-Tschechei ⓘ |
| result |
Besetzung Polens durch Deutschland und die Sowjetunion
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deutscher und slowakischer Sieg ⓘ |
| startDate | 1939-09-01 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20. Jahrhundert ⓘ |
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Subject: Überfall auf Polen Description of subject: Überfall auf Polen is the German term for the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
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