Operation Hannibal
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Operation Hannibal was a massive World War II German naval evacuation effort that transported hundreds of thousands of civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and other Baltic regions ahead of the advancing Soviet Army.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Hannibal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1259685 — 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 Hannibal Context triple: [Kriegsmarine, notableOperation, Operation Hannibal]
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A.
Operation Decisive Storm
Operation Decisive Storm was the initial Saudi-led military air campaign launched in 2015 against Houthi forces in Yemen.
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B.
Operation Little Saturn
Operation Little Saturn was a major Soviet offensive in December 1942 aimed at exploiting the encirclement of German forces near Stalingrad by striking deeper into Axis rear areas and collapsing their southern front.
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C.
Operation U-Go
Operation U-Go was a major Japanese offensive during World War II aimed at invading British-held India from Burma in 1944.
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D.
Operation Veritable
Operation Veritable was a major Allied offensive in early 1945 to clear the Reichswald and advance into the Rhineland as part of the final push into Nazi Germany during World War II.
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E.
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, marking a pivotal and brutal turning point on the Eastern Front of 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: Operation Hannibal Target entity description: Operation Hannibal was a massive World War II German naval evacuation effort that transported hundreds of thousands of civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and other Baltic regions ahead of the advancing Soviet Army.
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A.
Operation Decisive Storm
Operation Decisive Storm was the initial Saudi-led military air campaign launched in 2015 against Houthi forces in Yemen.
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B.
Operation Little Saturn
Operation Little Saturn was a major Soviet offensive in December 1942 aimed at exploiting the encirclement of German forces near Stalingrad by striking deeper into Axis rear areas and collapsing their southern front.
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C.
Operation U-Go
Operation U-Go was a major Japanese offensive during World War II aimed at invading British-held India from Burma in 1944.
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D.
Operation Veritable
Operation Veritable was a major Allied offensive in early 1945 to clear the Reichswald and advance into the Rhineland as part of the final push into Nazi Germany during World War II.
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E.
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s massive 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, marking a pivotal and brutal turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
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military evacuation operation ⓘ |
| aim |
evacuation of German civilians
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evacuation of military personnel ⓘ evacuation of wounded soldiers ⓘ prevent capture by advancing Soviet forces ⓘ |
| belligerent | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | Soviet submarine attacks ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945-05-08 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfEvacuees |
over 1,000,000
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up to 2,000,000 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | largest maritime evacuation operation in history by number of people transported ⓘ |
| location |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
Ostland ⓘ
surface form:
Courland
Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form:
Danzig
East Prussia ⓘ Gotenhafen ⓘ Königsberg ⓘ Pillau ⓘ Pomerania ⓘ West Prussia ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
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surface form:
Hannibal Barca
|
| notableEvent |
sinking of MV Goya
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sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff ⓘ sinking of SS General von Steuben ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| participant |
German Army
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German civilians ⓘ Kriegsmarine ⓘ Volkssturm ⓘ refugees from East Prussia ⓘ |
| result |
heavy loss of life in several sinkings
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successful evacuation of large numbers of civilians and soldiers ⓘ |
| scale | one of the largest emergency evacuations by sea in history ⓘ |
| startTime | 1945-01-23 ⓘ |
| theatre | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
April 1945
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February 1945 ⓘ January 1945 ⓘ March 1945 ⓘ May 1945 ⓘ |
| usedTransport |
MV Goya
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MV Wilhelm Gustloff ⓘ SS Cap Arcona ⓘ SS Deutschland ⓘ SS General von Steuben ⓘ SS Pretoria ⓘ fishing vessels ⓘ merchant ships ⓘ tugs and barges ⓘ various Kriegsmarine warships ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Operation Hannibal Description of subject: Operation Hannibal was a massive World War II German naval evacuation effort that transported hundreds of thousands of civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and other Baltic regions ahead of the advancing Soviet Army.
Referenced by (2)
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