Croatian Armed Forces

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military organization

The Croatian Armed Forces are the unified military organization of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for national defense and participation in international peacekeeping and security operations.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Croatian Armed Forces canonical	9
Croatian Army	7
Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia	6
Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske	3
Croatian National Guard	1
Croatian military forces (in many periods)	1
national defence of Croatia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T498544 — 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: Croatian Armed Forces
Context triple: [Patria AMV, usedBy, Croatian Armed Forces]

A. Ustaše Militia
The Ustaše Militia was the fascist paramilitary force of the World War II-era Independent State of Croatia, notorious for its role in mass atrocities and genocide against Serbs, Jews, Roma, and anti-fascist Croats.
B. Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.
C. Croatian Air Force (WWII)
The Croatian Air Force (WWII) was the air arm of the Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia, operating German and Italian aircraft in support of Axis military operations on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans.
D. Royal Yugoslav Army
The Royal Yugoslav Army was the land warfare branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s armed forces, active until its rapid defeat and disbandment during the Axis invasion in World War II.
E. Federal State of Croatia
The Federal State of Croatia was the World War II-era Croatian federal unit within socialist Yugoslavia, established as a successor to the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
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: Croatian Armed Forces
Target entity description: The Croatian Armed Forces are the unified military organization of the Republic of Croatia, responsible for national defense and participation in international peacekeeping and security operations.

A. Ustaše Militia
The Ustaše Militia was the fascist paramilitary force of the World War II-era Independent State of Croatia, notorious for its role in mass atrocities and genocide against Serbs, Jews, Roma, and anti-fascist Croats.
B. Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.
C. Croatian Air Force (WWII)
The Croatian Air Force (WWII) was the air arm of the Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia, operating German and Italian aircraft in support of Axis military operations on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans.
D. Royal Yugoslav Army
The Royal Yugoslav Army was the land warfare branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s armed forces, active until its rapid defeat and disbandment during the Axis invasion in World War II.
E. Federal State of Croatia
The Federal State of Croatia was the World War II-era Croatian federal unit within socialist Yugoslavia, established as a successor to the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ
abbreviation	OSRH ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
commanderInChief	President of Croatia ⓘ
component	active component ⓘ reserve component ⓘ
conflict	Croatian War of Independence ⓘ
country	Croatia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Croatia
doctrine	NATO military doctrine ⓘ
emblem	roundel with Croatian checkerboard ⓘ
foundedBy	Croatia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Croatia
garrison	Zagreb ⓘ
hasBranch	Croatian Air Force ⓘ surface form: Croatian Air Defence Croatian Air Force ⓘ Croatian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Croatian Army Croatian Navy ⓘ Croatian Special Forces Command ⓘ General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces ⓘ Support Command of the Croatian Armed Forces ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief of the General Staff ⓘ
headquarters	Zagreb ⓘ
language	Croatian ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Croatia ⓘ Defence Act of Croatia ⓘ
memberOf	European Union military structures ⓘ NATO ⓘ
nativeName	Croatian Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske
operatesIn	air domain ⓘ land domain ⓘ maritime domain ⓘ
participatesIn	EU military operations ⓘ NATO missions ⓘ UN peacekeeping missions ⓘ
reportsTo	Government of Croatia ⓘ Ministry of Defence of Croatia ⓘ President of Croatia ⓘ
responsibleFor	defense of Croatian sovereignty ⓘ protection of Croatian national interests ⓘ
role	national defense ⓘ participation in international peacekeeping operations ⓘ participation in international security operations ⓘ support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ territorial integrity protection ⓘ
serviceType	professional military ⓘ voluntary military service ⓘ
symbol	Croatian coat of arms ⓘ
uses	Croatian-made weapons systems ⓘ NATO-standard equipment ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle → usedBy → Croatian Armed Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Patria AMV

Yugoslav Wars → mainBelligerent → Croatian Armed Forces ⓘ