William B. Breuer
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William B. Breuer was an American military historian and author known for his popular narrative books on World War II and other 20th-century conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William B. Breuer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1771200 — 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: William B. Breuer Context triple: [The Great Raid, basedOnWorkAuthor, William B. Breuer]
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A.
Adolf Meyer
Adolf Meyer was a German architect and close collaborator of Walter Gropius, known for his role in early modernist industrial architecture and involvement with the Bauhaus movement.
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B.
Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian-American stage and film actor, best known for his roles in early Hollywood epics and for winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Life of Emile Zola."
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C.
Maurice Janet
Maurice Janet was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in differential equations and differential geometry, including results later associated with the Janet–Cartan theorem.
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D.
Raymond Rosenthal
Raymond Rosenthal was an American literary translator renowned for bringing major Italian and other European works, including those of Primo Levi, into English.
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E.
George Kassabaum
George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
- 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: William B. Breuer Target entity description: William B. Breuer was an American military historian and author known for his popular narrative books on World War II and other 20th-century conflicts.
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A.
Adolf Meyer
Adolf Meyer was a German architect and close collaborator of Walter Gropius, known for his role in early modernist industrial architecture and involvement with the Bauhaus movement.
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B.
Joseph Schildkraut
Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian-American stage and film actor, best known for his roles in early Hollywood epics and for winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "The Life of Emile Zola."
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C.
Maurice Janet
Maurice Janet was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in differential equations and differential geometry, including results later associated with the Janet–Cartan theorem.
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D.
Raymond Rosenthal
Raymond Rosenthal was an American literary translator renowned for bringing major Italian and other European works, including those of Primo Levi, into English.
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E.
George Kassabaum
George Kassabaum was an American architect and co-founder of the global design and architecture firm HOK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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historian of World War II ⓘ military historian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States state of Missouri
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surface form:
Missouri, United States
|
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-09-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-01-03 ⓘ |
| educationOrTraining | self-taught in military history ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
World War II history
ⓘ
military history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
espionage in World War II
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little-known episodes of 20th-century wars ⓘ special operations in World War II ⓘ |
| genre |
military history literature
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotability | widely read by general audiences interested in military history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Infantry Branch
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surface form:
U.S. Army infantry
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
books on 20th-century military conflicts
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popular narrative books on World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Daring Missions of World War II
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Secret Weapons of World War II ⓘ The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy ⓘ The Great Raid ⓘ
surface form:
The Great Raid on Cabanatuan
Top Secret Tales of World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity |
20th century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cleveland, Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleveland, Tennessee, United States
|
| previousOccupation |
newspaper reporter
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public relations professional ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| writingStyle | narrative popular history ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
European theatre of World War II
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surface form:
European Theater of World War II
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Theater of World War II
covert operations ⓘ intelligence operations ⓘ rescue missions in wartime ⓘ |
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Subject: William B. Breuer Description of subject: William B. Breuer was an American military historian and author known for his popular narrative books on World War II and other 20th-century conflicts.
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