Milan Nedić
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Milan Nedić was a Serbian general who became the head of a Nazi-collaborationist puppet government in German-occupied Serbia during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Milan Nedić canonical | 2 |
| Nedić | 1 |
| Nedić regime | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1073870 — 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: Milan Nedić Context triple: [German invasion of Yugoslavia, YugoslavCommander, Milan Nedić]
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Dragiša Cvetković
Dragiša Cvetković was a Yugoslav politician who served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for signing the Cvetković–Maček Agreement and for his government’s alignment with the Axis powers before World War II.
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Ante Pavelić
Ante Pavelić was a Croatian fascist leader and founder of the Ustaše movement who ruled the Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia during World War II and oversaw widespread atrocities and genocide.
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Miloš Marić
Miloš Marić was the brother of Serbian physicist Mileva Marić, who was Albert Einstein’s first wife and scientific collaborator.
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Tito
Tito is the longtime Major League Baseball manager Terry Francona, best known for leading the Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles and managing the Cleveland Guardians.
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Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was a Yugoslav regent and royal statesman who effectively ruled the country in the late 1930s and early 1940s, navigating between Axis and Allied pressures before being overthrown in a 1941 coup.
- 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: Milan Nedić Target entity description: Milan Nedić was a Serbian general who became the head of a Nazi-collaborationist puppet government in German-occupied Serbia during World War II.
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Dragiša Cvetković
Dragiša Cvetković was a Yugoslav politician who served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for signing the Cvetković–Maček Agreement and for his government’s alignment with the Axis powers before World War II.
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B.
Ante Pavelić
Ante Pavelić was a Croatian fascist leader and founder of the Ustaše movement who ruled the Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia during World War II and oversaw widespread atrocities and genocide.
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C.
Miloš Marić
Miloš Marić was the brother of Serbian physicist Mileva Marić, who was Albert Einstein’s first wife and scientific collaborator.
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Svetozar Boroević
Svetozar Boroević was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal renowned for his defensive leadership on the Italian Front during World War I.
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Tito
Tito is the longtime Major League Baseball manager Terry Francona, best known for leading the Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles and managing the Cleveland Guardians.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Serbian general
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collaborator with Nazi Germany ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Serbia
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Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Serbia
ⓘ
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
| countryOfService |
Axis-occupied Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
German-occupied Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
| detainedBy | Yugoslav authorities after World War II ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serbs ⓘ |
| familyName |
Milan Nedić
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nedić
|
| foughtIn | Balkan Wars ⓘ |
| givenName | Milan ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Serbian wartime politics during German occupation ⓘ |
| hasRole | head of puppet government under Nazi occupation ⓘ |
| ideology | Serbian nationalism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Serbian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide while in custody ⓘ |
| memberOf | Yugoslav Army officer corps ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Milan Nedić self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | appointment as head of the collaborationist government in German-occupied Serbia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempts to present his collaboration as protection of Serbian population
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collaboration with Nazi occupation authorities in Serbia ⓘ controversial legacy in Serbian and Yugoslav historiography ⓘ heading a Nazi-collaborationist puppet government in German-occupied Serbia during World War II ⓘ role in disarming remnants of the Royal Yugoslav Army after Axis invasion ⓘ role in persecution and deportation of Jews and Roma in occupied Serbia ⓘ |
| notableWork | Government of National Salvation ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Axis-occupied Yugoslavia
ⓘ
surface form:
German occupation of Serbia (1941–1944)
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Axis collaboration ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of the Army and Navy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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Prime Minister of the Government of National Salvation ⓘ |
| religion |
Serbian Orthodox Church
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surface form:
Serbian Orthodox Christianity
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical debates about collaboration and resistance in occupied Serbia ⓘ |
| workLocation | Belgrade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Milan Nedić Description of subject: Milan Nedić was a Serbian general who became the head of a Nazi-collaborationist puppet government in German-occupied Serbia during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nedić regime
this entity surface form:
Nedić