Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Westerplatte

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 08:20, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Battle of Westerplatte

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German battleship SMS "Schleswig-Holstein" firing at the Polish Military Transit Depot during the siege of Westerplatte.

• ... that the Battle of Westerplatte is often described as the opening battle of World War II? Source: The earliest fighting started at 0445 hours when marines from the battleship Schleswig-Holstein attempted to storm a small Polish fort in Danzig, the Westerplate [1]
  • ALT1:... that the surrender of the Polish garrison at the Battle of Westerplatte on September 7th ended what has been described as the opening battle of World War II? 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)

• Reviewed: Slavic speakers in Ottoman Macedonia
• Comment: Suggest adding this to the 7th September for the battle's end anniversary. ALT1 just adds the date. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:44, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Improved to Good Article status by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 04:44, 5 September 2018 (UTC).

• This newly promoted GA is long enough and nominated in time. Approving ALT1, which I have tweaked, but not the original hook. The article is neutral and seems free of copyright problems. The image is in the public domain but is not particularly relevant to the hook topic. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:45, 5 September 2018 (UTC)