Battle of Kolberg (1945)
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The Battle of Kolberg (1945) was a late-World War II siege in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg, contributing to the final collapse of Nazi Germany.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Kolberg (1945) canonical | 3 |
| Schlacht um Kolberg (1945) | 1 |
| Schlacht um Kolberg (German name) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T502142 — 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 Kolberg (1945) Context triple: [1st Polish Army, engagedInBattle, Battle of Kolberg (1945)]
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Battle of Kock (1939)
The Battle of Kock (1939) was the final major engagement of the German invasion of Poland, where Polish forces mounted a determined last stand against the Wehrmacht in early October 1939.
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Battle of the Bzura
The Battle of the Bzura was the largest Polish counteroffensive against German forces during the 1939 campaign, briefly halting their advance before ending in a decisive German victory.
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C.
Vistula–Oder Offensive
The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that rapidly pushed German forces from central Poland to the Oder River, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.
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D.
Upper Silesian Offensive
The Upper Silesian Offensive was a major 1945 Red Army operation in World War II aimed at seizing the industrially vital Upper Silesia region from Nazi Germany.
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E.
Ruhr Pocket
The Ruhr Pocket was a major World War II encirclement in April 1945 in which Allied forces trapped and destroyed a large portion of the German Army in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region, hastening the collapse of Nazi resistance on the Western Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Kolberg (1945) Target entity description: The Battle of Kolberg (1945) was a late-World War II siege in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg, contributing to the final collapse of Nazi Germany.
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A.
Battle of Kock (1939)
The Battle of Kock (1939) was the final major engagement of the German invasion of Poland, where Polish forces mounted a determined last stand against the Wehrmacht in early October 1939.
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B.
Battle of the Bzura
The Battle of the Bzura was the largest Polish counteroffensive against German forces during the 1939 campaign, briefly halting their advance before ending in a decisive German victory.
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C.
Vistula–Oder Offensive
The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a major Soviet Red Army campaign in early 1945 that rapidly pushed German forces from central Poland to the Oder River, paving the way for the final assault on Berlin.
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D.
Upper Silesian Offensive
The Upper Silesian Offensive was a major 1945 Red Army operation in World War II aimed at seizing the industrially vital Upper Silesia region from Nazi Germany.
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E.
Ruhr Pocket
The Ruhr Pocket was a major World War II encirclement in April 1945 in which Allied forces trapped and destroyed a large portion of the German Army in Germany’s industrial Ruhr region, hastening the collapse of Nazi resistance on the Western Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
siege ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Polish People’s Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
heavy artillery bombardment
ⓘ
naval evacuation operations ⓘ street fighting ⓘ urban combat ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Polish General Stanisław Popławski
ⓘ
Soviet commanders of the 1st Belorussian Front ⓘ |
| conflictIn |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front of World War II
|
| contributedTo |
Soviet advance into Pomerania
ⓘ
collapse of Nazi Germany ⓘ securing Baltic Sea coast for the Red Army ⓘ |
| defendedBy | German Colonel Fritz Fullriede ⓘ |
| defensiveStatus | fortress city ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soviet advance toward Berlin ⓘ |
| fortifications |
bunkers
ⓘ
coastal batteries ⓘ field fortifications ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1945-03-18 ⓘ |
| hasGermanName |
Battle of Kolberg (1945)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Schlacht um Kolberg (1945)
|
| hasObjective |
capture of the port of Kolberg
ⓘ
elimination of German strongpoint on Baltic coast ⓘ securing evacuation routes for civilians and troops ⓘ |
| hasResult |
German defeat
ⓘ
Soviet and Polish victory ⓘ capture of Kolberg by Soviet and Polish forces ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1945-03-04 ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Pomerania ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
1st Polish Army
ⓘ
German fortress garrison of Kolberg ⓘ 1st Belorussian Front ⓘ
surface form:
Red Army units of the 1st Belorussian Front
|
| involves |
evacuation of German civilians
ⓘ
evacuation of German military personnel ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| modernLocation |
Kołobrzeg
ⓘ
surface form:
Kołobrzeg, Poland
|
| opposedBy |
Kriegsmarine
ⓘ
Volkssturm ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf | World War II ⓘ |
| precededBy | East Pomeranian Offensive ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Operation Hannibal ⓘ |
| timePeriod | March 1945 ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea coast
Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German Reich
Kolberg ⓘ Pomerania ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Kolberg (1945) Description of subject: The Battle of Kolberg (1945) was a late-World War II siege in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg, contributing to the final collapse of Nazi Germany.
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