Template:Did you know nominations/Allied logistics in the Southern France campaign
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:26, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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Allied logistics in the Southern France campaign
The Aix bridge, repaired with the carriage of a German railway gun
- ... that in support of Allied logistics in the Southern France campaign, engineers repaired a bridge using the carriage of a German railway gun? Source: "The 343d Engineer General Service Regiment restored service to Aix in ten days by a strategem that saved days in repairing a 104-foot gap in the rail bridge. In the area the unit found a German 270-mm. railway gun. Hauling it to the site, the engineers stripped the gun and the rail trucks from the traverse base of the piece and, attaching a ten-foot steel extension, launched the platform as the stringers for the new span across the void, Bailey fashion. The Aix bridge work was complete on 29 August." ([1], p 451)
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:05, 10 February 2021 (UTC).
Hi Hawkeye7, review follows: article moved to mainspace 9 February; article certainly exceeds minimum length! Article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I don't have access to all of the sources but I checked a random sample and found no issues with overly close paraphrasing; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and backed up by the source stated; image is used in the article, is relevant, works well at small scale and is correctly licensed as PD; a QPQ has been carried out. I really like this hook and photo (though speaking as a civil engineer it looks absolutely terrifying!) - Dumelow (talk) 08:02, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
