Soviet 3rd Tank Army
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The Soviet 3rd Tank Army was a major Red Army armored formation that played a key role in large-scale Eastern Front operations during World War II, contributing significantly to breakthroughs and encirclements against German forces.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 3rd Soviet Tank Army | 1 |
| Soviet 3rd Tank Army canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1826644 — 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: Soviet 3rd Tank Army Context triple: [Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive, involvedUnit, Soviet 3rd Tank Army]
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A.
1st Tank Army
The 1st Tank Army was a major Soviet armoured formation of the Red Army that played a key role in large-scale offensives on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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B.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Soviet 60th Army
The Soviet 60th Army was a Red Army field formation of the USSR that advanced through Eastern Europe in World War II and is historically notable for liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.
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D.
Soviet 64th Army
The Soviet 64th Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive and offensive role on the southern flank of the Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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E.
11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives during World War II, particularly in the final campaigns against Nazi Germany.
- 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: Soviet 3rd Tank Army Target entity description: The Soviet 3rd Tank Army was a major Red Army armored formation that played a key role in large-scale Eastern Front operations during World War II, contributing significantly to breakthroughs and encirclements against German forces.
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A.
1st Tank Army
The 1st Tank Army was a major Soviet armoured formation of the Red Army that played a key role in large-scale offensives on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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B.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Soviet 60th Army
The Soviet 60th Army was a Red Army field formation of the USSR that advanced through Eastern Europe in World War II and is historically notable for liberating the Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1945.
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D.
Soviet 64th Army
The Soviet 64th Army was a Red Army field formation that played a key defensive and offensive role on the southern flank of the Soviet forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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E.
11th Guards Army
The 11th Guards Army was a distinguished Soviet Red Army formation renowned for its key role in major Eastern Front offensives during World War II, particularly in the final campaigns against Nazi Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Red Army formation
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tank army ⓘ |
| commandStructure | Stavka-controlled front-level reserve ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
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surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| doctrine | Soviet deep battle doctrine ⓘ |
| garrison | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Soviet 3rd Tank Army
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
3rd Soviet Tank Army
3rd Tank Army ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
engineer units
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logistics units ⓘ mechanized corps ⓘ signal units ⓘ supporting artillery units ⓘ tank corps ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major contributor to Soviet victory over Germany on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ |
| militaryFunction |
deep operations
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operational-level armored maneuver ⓘ |
| notableFor |
armored breakthroughs against German forces
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contribution to Soviet strategic offensives ⓘ coordination with infantry and artillery formations ⓘ high mobility in offensive operations ⓘ large-scale offensive operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ participation in encirclement operations ⓘ |
| opponent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Army ⓘ |
| role |
breakthrough formation
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exploitation of operational success ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Soviet fronts on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Eastern Europe
ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet–German front
|
| timePeriod |
1940s
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World War II era ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit |
armored formation
ⓘ
combined-arms formation ⓘ |
| usedEquipment |
Soviet heavy tanks
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Soviet medium tanks ⓘ anti-tank guns ⓘ armored personnel carriers ⓘ engineer vehicles ⓘ field artillery ⓘ self-propelled guns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Soviet 3rd Tank Army Description of subject: The Soviet 3rd Tank Army was a major Red Army armored formation that played a key role in large-scale Eastern Front operations during World War II, contributing significantly to breakthroughs and encirclements against German forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
3rd Soviet Tank Army