Maurice Gamelin
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Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maurice Gamelin canonical | 10 |
| Maurice Gustave Gamelin | 1 |
| Maxime Weygand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140946 — 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: Maurice Gamelin Context triple: [Battle of France, commandedBy, Maurice Gamelin]
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A.
François Darlan
François Darlan was a French admiral and Vichy regime leader who briefly aligned with the Allies in North Africa during World War II before his assassination in 1942.
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B.
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain was a French general and statesman who became the head of the collaborationist Vichy government during World War II.
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C.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a prominent French Army general of World War II who became one of France’s most celebrated military leaders and represented the country at the German Instrument of Surrender in 1945.
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D.
Georges Catroux
Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat who became a prominent leader in the Free French movement during World War II.
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E.
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was a prominent French general of World War II, renowned for leading Free French forces in the liberation of France and later serving as a key military commander in postwar French colonial conflicts.
- 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: Maurice Gamelin Target entity description: Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
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A.
François Darlan
François Darlan was a French admiral and Vichy regime leader who briefly aligned with the Allies in North Africa during World War II before his assassination in 1942.
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B.
Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain was a French general and statesman who became the head of the collaborationist Vichy government during World War II.
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C.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was a prominent French Army general of World War II who became one of France’s most celebrated military leaders and represented the country at the German Instrument of Surrender in 1945.
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D.
Georges Catroux
Georges Catroux was a French general and diplomat who became a prominent leader in the Free French movement during World War II.
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E.
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque was a prominent French general of World War II, renowned for leading Free French forces in the liberation of France and later serving as a key military commander in postwar French colonial conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Army general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
French Third Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Third French Republic
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| awardReceived |
Croix de Guerre
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surface form:
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918
Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form:
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
|
| burialPlace |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability | high command decisions during the 1940 campaign ⓘ |
| commanded |
Allied forces on the Western Front at the start of World War II
ⓘ
French metropolitan forces in 1939–1940 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of France
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1872-09-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1958-04-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfEndOfCommand | 1940-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
interwar period ⓘ |
| familyName | Gamelin ⓘ |
| genre | military memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French General Staff
ⓘ
surface form:
French High Command
|
| militaryBranch | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryDoctrine | emphasis on static defense and the Maginot Line ⓘ |
| militaryRank | général d’armée ⓘ |
| name |
Maurice Gamelin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
|
| notableFor |
association with France’s rapid defeat in 1940
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command of French forces at the outset of World War II ⓘ role in the Battle of France ⓘ |
| notableWork | Servir (memoirs) ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | planning of the Allied defense in 1939–1940 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander-in-chief of the Allied armies in Western Europe
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commander-in-chief of the French Army ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Maxime Weygand ⓘ |
| wrote | Servir ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maurice Gamelin Description of subject: Maurice Gamelin was a French army general who served as commander-in-chief of the French forces at the outset of World War II and is often associated with France’s rapid defeat in 1940.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maxime Weygand
this entity surface form:
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
subject surface form:
Servir
subject surface form:
Servir
subject surface form:
Servir