Battle of Raate Road
E29740
The Battle of Raate Road was a major Finnish victory during the Winter War in which Finnish forces encircled and destroyed a large Soviet division in harsh winter conditions along a narrow forest road.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Raate Road canonical | 6 |
| Raate Road battle | 1 |
| Raate Road battles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T233497 — 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: Battle of Raate Road Context triple: [Battle of Suomussalmi, relatedEvent, Battle of Raate Road]
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A.
Battle of Jhansi
The Battle of Jhansi was a key 1858 siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, famed for Rani Lakshmibai’s fierce resistance against British forces.
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B.
Battle of Chandannagar
The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Battle of Gwalior
The Battle of Gwalior was a decisive 1858 engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces briefly captured the strategic Gwalior fortress before being defeated by the British, marking one of the uprising’s final major clashes.
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D.
Siege of Delhi
The Siege of Delhi was a pivotal 1857 military engagement in which British forces recaptured the Mughal capital from rebel sepoys, marking a turning point in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
Siege of Lucknow
The Siege of Lucknow was a prolonged and pivotal defense of the British Residency at Lucknow by British and loyalist forces against rebel sepoys and local insurgents during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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: Battle of Raate Road Target entity description: The Battle of Raate Road was a major Finnish victory during the Winter War in which Finnish forces encircled and destroyed a large Soviet division in harsh winter conditions along a narrow forest road.
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A.
Battle of Jhansi
The Battle of Jhansi was a key 1858 siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, famed for Rani Lakshmibai’s fierce resistance against British forces.
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B.
Battle of Chandannagar
The Battle of Chandannagar was a 1757 British East India Company assault on the French-held settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal, which helped secure British dominance in the region during the Seven Years' War.
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C.
Battle of Gwalior
The Battle of Gwalior was a decisive 1858 engagement of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in which rebel forces briefly captured the strategic Gwalior fortress before being defeated by the British, marking one of the uprising’s final major clashes.
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D.
Siege of Delhi
The Siege of Delhi was a pivotal 1857 military engagement in which British forces recaptured the Mughal capital from rebel sepoys, marking a turning point in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
Siege of Lucknow
The Siege of Lucknow was a prolonged and pivotal defense of the British Residency at Lucknow by British and loyalist forces against rebel sepoys and local insurgents during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Finland
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| combatant |
Finnish Army
ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ |
| commander | Hjalmar Siilasvuo ⓘ |
| conflict | Winter War ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| date | January 1940 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1940-01-07 ⓘ |
| environment |
deep snow
ⓘ
extreme cold ⓘ harsh winter conditions ⓘ |
| feature | narrow forest road ⓘ |
| FinnishCasualties | hundreds killed and wounded ⓘ |
| FinnishCommander | Hjalmar Siilasvuo ⓘ |
| FinnishStrength | several thousand troops ⓘ |
| front | Karelian front ⓘ |
| location |
Kainuu
ⓘ
eastern Finland ⓘ near Suomussalmi ⓘ |
| memorial |
Suomussalmi
ⓘ
surface form:
Raate Road memorial in Suomussalmi
|
| notableFor |
destruction of Soviet motorized column
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use of camouflage in snow ⓘ use of skis by Finnish troops ⓘ |
| objective | cut Soviet supply and retreat route ⓘ |
| opponent |
163rd Rifle Division
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet 163rd Rifle Division
44th Rifle Division ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet 44th Rifle Division
|
| outcome |
capture of large quantities of Soviet equipment
ⓘ
destruction of Soviet 44th Rifle Division ⓘ heavy Soviet casualties ⓘ |
| partOf | Winter War ⓘ |
| place | Raate Road ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Battle of Suomussalmi ⓘ |
| result | Finnish victory ⓘ |
| significance |
crippled Soviet offensive in Suomussalmi sector
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demonstrated effectiveness of Finnish small-unit tactics ⓘ major Finnish defensive success in Winter War ⓘ |
| SovietCasualties |
several thousand killed
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thousands captured ⓘ |
| SovietCommander |
Aleksei Vinogradov
ⓘ
Aleksei Vinogradov ⓘ
surface form:
Alexei Vinogradov
|
| SovietStrength | approximately 17,000 troops ⓘ |
| startDate | 1940-01-01 ⓘ |
| tactic |
ambush along forest road
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encirclement ⓘ motti tactics ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Raate Road Description of subject: The Battle of Raate Road was a major Finnish victory during the Winter War in which Finnish forces encircled and destroyed a large Soviet division in harsh winter conditions along a narrow forest road.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Raate Road battles
subject surface form:
Hjalmar Siilasvuo
this entity surface form:
Raate Road battle