Operation Ariel
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Operation Ariel was the World War II British evacuation of Allied troops and civilians from western France in June 1940, following the Dunkirk evacuation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Ariel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1573907 — 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 Ariel Context triple: [Operation Dynamo, followedBy, Operation Ariel]
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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 Z
Operation Z was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s codename for the 1941 carrier-based attack plan on Pearl Harbor that launched Japan into war with the United States in World War II.
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C.
Operation Wunderland
Operation Wunderland was a World War II German Kriegsmarine naval operation in the Arctic aimed at disrupting Soviet shipping and naval forces along the Northern Sea Route.
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D.
Operation AL
Operation AL was a World War II Japanese naval operation closely associated with the Midway campaign, aimed at diverting U.S. forces by attacking the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
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E.
Operation Galvanic
Operation Galvanic was the U.S. amphibious offensive in November 1943 that launched the Gilbert Islands campaign in the central Pacific, including the bloody Battle of Tarawa, during 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 Ariel Target entity description: Operation Ariel was the World War II British evacuation of Allied troops and civilians from western France in June 1940, following the Dunkirk evacuation.
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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 Z
Operation Z was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s codename for the 1941 carrier-based attack plan on Pearl Harbor that launched Japan into war with the United States in World War II.
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C.
Operation Wunderland
Operation Wunderland was a World War II German Kriegsmarine naval operation in the Arctic aimed at disrupting Soviet shipping and naval forces along the Northern Sea Route.
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D.
Operation AL
Operation AL was a World War II Japanese naval operation closely associated with the Midway campaign, aimed at diverting U.S. forces by attacking the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
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E.
Operation Galvanic
Operation Galvanic was the U.S. amphibious offensive in November 1943 that launched the Gilbert Islands campaign in the central Pacific, including the bloody Battle of Tarawa, during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
ⓘ
military evacuation operation ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cause | German advance in the Battle of France ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| coordinatedBy |
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
surface form:
British Admiralty
|
| coordinatedWith | French authorities ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1940-06-25 ⓘ |
| evacuationDirection | from France to Britain ⓘ |
| evacuationMode | sea transport ⓘ |
| follows |
Battle of Dunkirk
ⓘ
surface form:
Dunkirk evacuation
Operation Dynamo ⓘ |
| hasPart |
evacuation of Bordeaux
ⓘ
evacuation of La Pallice ⓘ evacuation of Nantes ⓘ evacuation of Saint-Nazaire ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | June 1940 ⓘ |
| location |
Atlantic coast of France
ⓘ
Bay of Biscay ⓘ Western France ⓘ
surface form:
western France
|
| militaryTheater | Western Front ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ariel ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sinking of RMS Lancastria ⓘ |
| notableLoss |
RMS Lancastria
ⓘ
thousands of lives in Lancastria sinking ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleEvacuated | over 190000 ⓘ |
| objective |
evacuation of Allied troops from western France
ⓘ
evacuation of civilians from western France ⓘ |
| operator |
British merchant navy
ⓘ
surface form:
British Merchant Navy
Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participant |
Belgian troops
ⓘ
British Army ⓘ Czech troops ⓘ French troops ⓘ Polish troops ⓘ civilian refugees ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of France ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Operation Cycle
ⓘ
Operation Dynamo ⓘ |
| result | successful evacuation of most Allied personnel embarked ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940-06-15 ⓘ |
| temporalRelation | after the fall of Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Operation Ariel Description of subject: Operation Ariel was the World War II British evacuation of Allied troops and civilians from western France in June 1940, following the Dunkirk evacuation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.