40th Army (Red Army)
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The 40th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 40th Army (Red Army) canonical | 1 |
| 40th Army (Soviet Union) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T437954 — 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: 40th Army (Red Army) Context triple: [Soviet Southwestern Front, componentUnit, 40th Army (Red Army)]
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A.
37th Army (Red Army)
The 37th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major defensive and offensive operations against Nazi Germany.
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B.
44th Rifle Division
The 44th Rifle Division was a Soviet Red Army infantry formation best known for its disastrous defeat and destruction during the Winter War’s Battle of Suomussalmi in 1939–1940.
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C.
38th Army (Red Army)
The 38th Army was a major field army of the Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, participating in key operations in Ukraine and Central Europe.
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D.
Soviet 60th Army
The Soviet 60th Army was a Red Army field formation of the USSR that advanced through Eastern Europe in World War II and is historically notable for liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.
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E.
Soviet 64th Army
The Soviet 64th Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive and offensive role on the southern flank of the Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
- 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: 40th Army (Red Army) Target entity description: The 40th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
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A.
37th Army (Red Army)
The 37th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major defensive and offensive operations against Nazi Germany.
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B.
44th Rifle Division
The 44th Rifle Division was a Soviet Red Army infantry formation best known for its disastrous defeat and destruction during the Winter War’s Battle of Suomussalmi in 1939–1940.
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C.
38th Army (Red Army)
The 38th Army was a major field army of the Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, participating in key operations in Ukraine and Central Europe.
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D.
Soviet 60th Army
The Soviet 60th Army was a Red Army field formation of the USSR that advanced through Eastern Europe in World War II and is historically notable for liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.
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E.
Soviet 64th Army
The Soviet 64th Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive and offensive role on the southern flank of the Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet army
ⓘ
field army ⓘ military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| awarded | honorific titles and decorations for combat performance ⓘ |
| branch | Ground Forces ⓘ |
| composition |
armored and mechanized units
ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ rifle divisions ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Patriotic War
World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1941 ⓘ |
| frontAssignment |
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front
ⓘ
surface form:
2nd Ukrainian Front
Southwestern Front ⓘ Soviet Steppe Front ⓘ
surface form:
Steppe Front
Soviet Voronezh Front ⓘ
surface form:
Voronezh Front
|
| garrisonOrAreaOfOperations |
Left-bank Ukraine
ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
surface form:
Moldavia
Right-bank Ukraine ⓘ Romania ⓘ Voronezh Oblast ⓘ
surface form:
Voronezh region
|
| historicalPeriod | Second World War era ⓘ |
| notableAction |
crossing of the Dnieper River in 1943
ⓘ
defense of Voronezh in 1942 ⓘ liberation of Kiev in 1943 ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Fyodor Kostenko
ⓘ
Konstantin Moskalenko ⓘ Kuzma Podlas ⓘ Philip Zhmachenko ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Battle of Kursk
ⓘ
Battle of the Dnieper ⓘ Kiev offensive (1943) ⓘ Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive ⓘ Uman–Botoșani offensive ⓘ Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ⓘ Voronezh–Kursk defensive operation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Red Army
ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
surface form:
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
|
| primaryOpponents |
German Army Group B
ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group South
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| role | front‑line combat formation ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Soviet High Command
ⓘ
surface form:
Stavka of the Supreme High Command
|
| task |
defensive operations in 1941–1942
ⓘ
offensive operations from 1943 onward ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | combined arms army ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 40th Army (Red Army) Description of subject: The 40th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that played a significant role in major Eastern Front operations during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
40th Army (Soviet Union)