Operation Crazy Horse
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Operation Crazy Horse was a major 1966 U.S. Army search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at disrupting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in the Central Highlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Crazy Horse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7274659 — 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: Operation Crazy Horse Context triple: [1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), engagement, Operation Crazy Horse]
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A.
Operation Whirlwind
Operation Whirlwind was the codename for the large-scale Soviet military intervention that crushed the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reasserted Soviet control over Hungary.
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B.
Operation Prairie
Operation Prairie was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at engaging North Vietnamese forces near the Demilitarized Zone.
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C.
Operation Black Thunder
Operation Black Thunder was a series of Indian security force operations in 1986 and 1988 to flush out militants from the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, following the earlier Operation Blue Star.
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D.
Operation Hastings
Operation Hastings was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps offensive during the Vietnam War aimed at blocking North Vietnamese Army forces infiltrating into South Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province.
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E.
Operation Emery
Operation Emery was a series of underground nuclear tests conducted by the United States as part of its Cold War-era nuclear weapons development program.
- 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: Operation Crazy Horse Target entity description: Operation Crazy Horse was a major 1966 U.S. Army search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at disrupting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in the Central Highlands.
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A.
Operation Whirlwind
Operation Whirlwind was the codename for the large-scale Soviet military intervention that crushed the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reasserted Soviet control over Hungary.
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B.
Operation Prairie
Operation Prairie was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at engaging North Vietnamese forces near the Demilitarized Zone.
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C.
Operation Black Thunder
Operation Black Thunder was a series of Indian security force operations in 1986 and 1988 to flush out militants from the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, following the earlier Operation Blue Star.
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D.
Operation Hastings
Operation Hastings was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps offensive during the Vietnam War aimed at blocking North Vietnamese Army forces infiltrating into South Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province.
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E.
Operation Emery
Operation Emery was a series of underground nuclear tests conducted by the United States as part of its Cold War-era nuclear weapons development program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military operation ⓘ |
| belligerent |
North Vietnam
ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Viet Cong ⓘ |
| casualties |
significant U.S. casualties
ⓘ
significant Viet Cong and PAVN casualties ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
ⓘ
linked to:
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
|
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endDate | 1966-06-05 ⓘ |
| engagementType |
airmobile operation
ⓘ
ground combat ⓘ |
| followedBy | subsequent U.S. operations in the Central Highlands ⓘ |
| location |
Bình Định Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Bình Định province
Central Highlands ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Crazy Horse ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fighting in rugged, mountainous terrain
ⓘ
use of helicopter-borne infantry assaults ⓘ |
| objective |
destroy enemy main force units in Bình Định Province
ⓘ
disrupt North Vietnamese Army forces in the Central Highlands ⓘ disrupt Viet Cong forces in the Central Highlands ⓘ |
| opponent |
People's Army of Vietnam
ⓘ
Viet Cong ⓘ |
| participant |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army
|
| partOf | U.S. search-and-destroy strategy in Vietnam ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier operations in Bình Định Province ⓘ |
| result |
heavy casualties on both sides
ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ |
| startDate | 1966-05-16 ⓘ |
| strategicContext | effort to secure Central Highlands ⓘ |
| tactics |
airmobile assault
ⓘ
artillery support ⓘ close air support ⓘ search-and-destroy ⓘ |
| theater | South Vietnam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1966 ⓘ |
| unitInvolved |
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
ⓘ
3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ⓘ ARVN 22nd Division ⓘ |
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Subject: Operation Crazy Horse Description of subject: Operation Crazy Horse was a major 1966 U.S. Army search-and-destroy campaign during the Vietnam War aimed at disrupting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in the Central Highlands.
Referenced by (1)
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