Battle of Xuzhou
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The Battle of Xuzhou was a major 1938 campaign in the Second Sino-Japanese War in which Japanese forces encircled and captured the strategic rail hub of Xuzhou after heavy fighting against Chinese Nationalist troops.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Xuzhou canonical | 5 |
| Xuzhou Campaign | 2 |
| Japanese forces captured Xuzhou | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23033 — 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 Xuzhou Context triple: [Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), significantEvent, Battle of Xuzhou]
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A.
Battle of Taierzhuang
The Battle of Taierzhuang was a major 1938 Chinese victory over Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for boosting Chinese morale and demonstrating effective resistance against Japan’s previously overwhelming advances.
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B.
Battle of Changsha
The Battle of Changsha was a series of major World War II engagements in central China where Chinese forces repeatedly repelled Japanese offensives, becoming a symbol of Chinese resistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Wuhan campaign
The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.
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D.
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
The Battle of Shanghai (1937) was one of the largest and bloodiest early engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War, marking a major urban conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that signaled the war’s escalation.
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E.
Battle of Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong was a 1941 World War II conflict in which Japanese forces swiftly defeated British, Canadian, Indian, and local defenders, leading to the occupation of Hong Kong.
- 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 Xuzhou Target entity description: The Battle of Xuzhou was a major 1938 campaign in the Second Sino-Japanese War in which Japanese forces encircled and captured the strategic rail hub of Xuzhou after heavy fighting against Chinese Nationalist troops.
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A.
Battle of Taierzhuang
The Battle of Taierzhuang was a major 1938 Chinese victory over Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, notable for boosting Chinese morale and demonstrating effective resistance against Japan’s previously overwhelming advances.
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B.
Battle of Changsha
The Battle of Changsha was a series of major World War II engagements in central China where Chinese forces repeatedly repelled Japanese offensives, becoming a symbol of Chinese resistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Wuhan campaign
The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.
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D.
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
The Battle of Shanghai (1937) was one of the largest and bloodiest early engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War, marking a major urban conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that signaled the war’s escalation.
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E.
Battle of Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong was a 1941 World War II conflict in which Japanese forces swiftly defeated British, Canadian, Indian, and local defenders, leading to the occupation of Hong Kong.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Xuzhou
ⓘ
surface form:
Xuzhou Campaign
|
| belligerent |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army ⓘ |
| campaignGoal | destroy Chinese main forces in the Xuzhou area ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| commander |
Bai Chongxi
ⓘ
Hata Shunroku ⓘ Itagaki Seishirō ⓘ
surface form:
Itagaki Seishiro
Li Zongren ⓘ Tang Enbo ⓘ Xue Yue ⓘ |
| conflict |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
|
| countryInvolved |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Republic of China ⓘ |
| defensiveActionBy |
Guomin Gemingjun
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese National Revolutionary Army
|
| endDate | 1938-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Wuhan ⓘ |
| front | Chinese front of World War II ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Pacific War
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War in Asia
|
| involvedBranch |
Chinese Air Force
ⓘ
Chinese ground forces ⓘ Japanese Army aviation units ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese 5th War Zone
Japanese Central China Area Army ⓘ Japanese North China Area Army ⓘ |
| location |
Jiangsu
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ Xuzhou ⓘ |
| militaryTheater |
North China
ⓘ
surface form:
North China theater
|
| objective | capture of Xuzhou ⓘ |
| offensiveActionBy | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| outcome |
Battle of Xuzhou
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Japanese forces captured Xuzhou
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| partOf |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
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surface form:
Japanese campaign to secure northern and central China
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
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| precededBy | Battle of Taierzhuang ⓘ |
| result | Japanese victory ⓘ |
| scale | multi-army operation ⓘ |
| significance |
allowed Japanese to consolidate control over North China Plain
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forced Chinese Nationalist forces to withdraw westward ⓘ |
| startDate | 1938-03 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
major rail hub
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transportation center in eastern China ⓘ |
| tacticUsed |
encirclement
ⓘ
pincer movement ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement | large-scale conventional land battle ⓘ |
| year | 1938 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Xuzhou Description of subject: The Battle of Xuzhou was a major 1938 campaign in the Second Sino-Japanese War in which Japanese forces encircled and captured the strategic rail hub of Xuzhou after heavy fighting against Chinese Nationalist troops.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xuzhou Campaign
this entity surface form:
Japanese forces captured Xuzhou
this entity surface form:
Xuzhou Campaign