Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939)
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Retirada was the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of defeated Spanish Republicans into France in early 1939 at the end of the Spanish Civil War, marking one of the largest refugee crises in European interwar history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Retirada (Republican exodus to France) | 1 |
| Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3574938 — 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: Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939) Context triple: [Spanish Republicans, notableEvent, Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939)]
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A.
Retreat from Normandy
The Retreat from Normandy was the German forces’ withdrawal from northern France in 1944 following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead, culminating in the encirclement and destruction of many units in the Falaise Pocket.
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B.
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy is a one-act play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, complicity, and moral responsibility through the interrogation of detainees in Nazi-occupied France.
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C.
Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was the failed 1791 attempt by King Louis XVI and his family to escape Paris, which shattered remaining trust in the monarchy and radicalized the French Revolution.
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D.
Crimean evacuation of November 1920
The Crimean evacuation of November 1920 was the mass withdrawal by sea of General Wrangel’s White Army forces and tens of thousands of civilians from Crimea to foreign ports at the end of the Russian Civil War.
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E.
remilitarization of the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939) Target entity description: Retirada was the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of defeated Spanish Republicans into France in early 1939 at the end of the Spanish Civil War, marking one of the largest refugee crises in European interwar history.
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A.
Retreat from Normandy
The Retreat from Normandy was the German forces’ withdrawal from northern France in 1944 following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead, culminating in the encirclement and destruction of many units in the Falaise Pocket.
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B.
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy is a one-act play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, complicity, and moral responsibility through the interrogation of detainees in Nazi-occupied France.
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C.
Flight to Varennes
The Flight to Varennes was the failed 1791 attempt by King Louis XVI and his family to escape Paris, which shattered remaining trust in the monarchy and radicalized the French Revolution.
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D.
Crimean evacuation of November 1920
The Crimean evacuation of November 1920 was the mass withdrawal by sea of General Wrangel’s White Army forces and tens of thousands of civilians from Crimea to foreign ports at the end of the Russian Civil War.
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E.
remilitarization of the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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mass exodus ⓘ refugee crisis ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
Spanish Republicans
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Spanish intellectuals and artists in exile ⓘ women and children refugees ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
La Retirada
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Retirada de 1939 ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | France ⓘ |
| chronology | occurred in the final phase of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| consequence |
creation of refugee camps in southern France
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deaths from exposure and disease during the crossing and internment ⓘ dispersion of Spanish Republican diaspora ⓘ long-term exile of many Spanish Republicans ⓘ mass internment of Spanish refugees in French camps ⓘ separation of families ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
French refugee policy studies
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Spanish Civil War historiography ⓘ |
| endTime | 1939-02 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfRefugees | around 450000 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
internment of refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer camp
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internment of refugees in Gurs camp ⓘ internment of refugees in Le Barcarès camp ⓘ internment of refugees in Rivesaltes area ⓘ internment of refugees in Saint-Cyprien camp ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Catalonia Offensive
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surface form:
Nationalist military offensive in Catalonia
defeat of the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ fall of Barcelona in January 1939 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Catalan
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French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| location |
Catalonia
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Northern Catalonia ⓘ
surface form:
French Catalonia
French border ⓘ Pyrenees ⓘ County of Roussillon ⓘ
surface form:
Roussillon
|
| numberOfParticipants | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| participant |
Basque refugees
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Catalan population ⓘ French Army ⓘ French authorities ⓘ National Police of France ⓘ
surface form:
French police
International Brigades ⓘ
surface form:
International Brigades veterans
Spanish Republican civilians ⓘ Spanish Republican government officials ⓘ Spanish Republican soldiers ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
collapse of the Second Spanish Republic
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victory of Francisco Franco's Nationalist forces ⓘ |
| significance |
major humanitarian crisis on the Franco-Spanish border
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one of the largest refugee crises in interwar Europe ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939-01 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
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Subject: Retirada (mass flight to France in early 1939) Description of subject: Retirada was the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of defeated Spanish Republicans into France in early 1939 at the end of the Spanish Civil War, marking one of the largest refugee crises in European interwar history.
Referenced by (2)
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