Operation Berlin (Atlantic)
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Operation Berlin (Atlantic) was a World War II German naval operation in early 1941 in which the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau conducted a commerce-raiding sortie against Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise | 1 |
| Operation Berlin (Atlantic) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Context triple: [World War II, hasPart, Operation Berlin (Atlantic)]
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A.
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion was Nazi Germany’s planned but never-executed amphibious invasion of Great Britain during World War II.
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C.
Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
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D.
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive in the winter of 1944–1945 on the Western Front, notable as the last significant Nazi counterattack and one of the bloodiest battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II.
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E.
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was a major Allied airborne and ground offensive in September 1944 aimed at capturing key bridges in the Netherlands to outflank German defenses and hasten the end of World War II, but it ultimately failed to achieve its objectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Target entity description: Operation Berlin (Atlantic) was a World War II German naval operation in early 1941 in which the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau conducted a commerce-raiding sortie against Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
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A.
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the prolonged World War II naval campaign in which Allied and Axis forces fought for control of vital shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean.
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B.
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion was Nazi Germany’s planned but never-executed amphibious invasion of Great Britain during World War II.
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C.
Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
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D.
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive in the winter of 1944–1945 on the Western Front, notable as the last significant Nazi counterattack and one of the bloodiest battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II.
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E.
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was a major Allied airborne and ground offensive in September 1944 aimed at capturing key bridges in the Netherlands to outflank German defenses and hasten the end of World War II, but it ultimately failed to achieve its objectives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
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naval operation ⓘ |
| aimedAt | weakening British maritime supply lines ⓘ |
| belligerent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| codename | Berlin ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Günther Lütjens
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surface form:
Admiral Günther Lütjens
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| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | March 1941 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Operation Berlin (Atlantic)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gneisenau commerce-raiding cruise
Scharnhorst commerce-raiding cruise ⓘ |
| location |
Atlantic Ocean
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surface form:
Central Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
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| navalForce | Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| notableShip |
German battleship Gneisenau
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surface form:
Gneisenau
German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
surface form:
Scharnhorst
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| objective |
commerce raiding
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disruption of Allied Atlantic shipping ⓘ |
| opponent |
Allied shipping
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| participant |
German battleship Gneisenau
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German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | German commerce raiding in the Atlantic ⓘ |
| result |
German tactical success
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sinking of multiple Allied merchant ships ⓘ |
| shipClassInvolved |
German battleship Gneisenau
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surface form:
Scharnhorst-class battleship
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| startTime | January 1941 ⓘ |
| strategy | surface raider operations ⓘ |
| tactic |
attack on isolated convoys
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avoidance of major Allied warships ⓘ |
| theater | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1941 ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | naval warfare ⓘ |
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Subject: Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Description of subject: Operation Berlin (Atlantic) was a World War II German naval operation in early 1941 in which the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau conducted a commerce-raiding sortie against Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
Referenced by (2)
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