Battle of the Meuse
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The Battle of the Meuse was a key World War II engagement in May 1940 during the German invasion of France, where German forces forced crossings of the Meuse River to break through Allied defenses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of the Meuse canonical | 2 |
| Battle of the Meuse (1940) | 2 |
| Battle of the Dyle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1766079 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of the Meuse Context triple: [Case Yellow, hasPart, Battle of the Meuse]
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Battle of Seneffe
The Battle of Seneffe was a major and bloody engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in 1674, fought in present-day Belgium between French forces under the Prince de Condé and a coalition army led by William III of Orange.
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Battle of Gravelotte
The Battle of Gravelotte was a pivotal 1870 engagement in the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian-led German forces decisively defeated the French army near Metz, contributing significantly to the German path to victory and unification.
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C.
Battle of St. Quentin
The Battle of St. Quentin was a major 1557 clash of the Italian Wars in which Spanish-Habsburg forces decisively defeated the French army in northern France, significantly weakening French power.
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Battle of Lens
The Battle of Lens was a major 1648 engagement in the Thirty Years’ War and the Franco-Spanish War, where French forces under the Prince de Condé defeated the Spanish army in the Spanish Netherlands.
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Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of the Meuse Target entity description: The Battle of the Meuse was a key World War II engagement in May 1940 during the German invasion of France, where German forces forced crossings of the Meuse River to break through Allied defenses.
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A.
Battle of Seneffe
The Battle of Seneffe was a major and bloody engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in 1674, fought in present-day Belgium between French forces under the Prince de Condé and a coalition army led by William III of Orange.
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B.
Battle of Gravelotte
The Battle of Gravelotte was a pivotal 1870 engagement in the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian-led German forces decisively defeated the French army near Metz, contributing significantly to the German path to victory and unification.
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C.
Battle of St. Quentin
The Battle of St. Quentin was a major 1557 clash of the Italian Wars in which Spanish-Habsburg forces decisively defeated the French army in northern France, significantly weakening French power.
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D.
Battle of Lens
The Battle of Lens was a major 1648 engagement in the Thirty Years’ War and the Franco-Spanish War, where French forces under the Prince de Condé defeated the Spanish army in the Spanish Netherlands.
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E.
Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Meuse crossings ⓘ |
| belligerent |
France
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| campaign | 1940 Western Campaign ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | May 1940 ⓘ |
| defensiveLineBreached | French Meuse defensive line ⓘ |
| endDate | 1940-05-15 ⓘ |
| followedBy | German advance to the Channel coast ⓘ |
| front | Western Front ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
demonstrated effectiveness of German blitzkrieg methods
ⓘ
key step in the defeat of France in 1940 ⓘ |
| involvedOperation |
Fall Gelb (original variant)
ⓘ
surface form:
Fall Gelb
|
| location |
Dinant
ⓘ
Meuse ⓘ
surface form:
Meuse River
Monthermé ⓘ Sedan ⓘ |
| notableAlliedFormation |
British Expeditionary Force elements
ⓘ
French Second Army ⓘ
surface form:
French 2nd Army
|
| notableAxisFormation |
Panzer Leader
ⓘ
surface form:
Guderian’s Panzer divisions
XIX Panzer Corps ⓘ |
| objective |
break through Allied defenses
ⓘ
force crossings of the Meuse River ⓘ |
| opponent |
Allied forces
ⓘ
German forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of France
ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of France and the Low Countries
|
| precededBy | German breakthrough in the Ardennes ⓘ |
| primaryAxisGoal | open route for armoured thrust to the west ⓘ |
| result | German victory ⓘ |
| riverCrossed |
Meuse
ⓘ
surface form:
Meuse River
|
| startDate | 1940-05-12 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
collapse of Allied front in the Ardennes sector
ⓘ
contributed to encirclement of Allied forces in Belgium and northern France ⓘ enabled German armoured breakthrough toward the English Channel ⓘ |
| tacticsUsed |
combined arms assault
ⓘ
concentrated air support ⓘ rapid armoured exploitation ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| year | 1940 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of the Meuse Description of subject: The Battle of the Meuse was a key World War II engagement in May 1940 during the German invasion of France, where German forces forced crossings of the Meuse River to break through Allied defenses.
Referenced by (5)
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