Template:Did you know nominations/Bir Hakeim rescue
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 11:17, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
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Bir Hakeim rescue
Replica of a Rolls Royce armoured car
- ... that in March 1916 the Duke of Westminster led a group of armoured cars (replica pictured) on a 250 mile (400 km) round trip to rescue 92 men held prisoner at a remote desert oasis? Source: "the Armoured Car Division, led and developed by he second Duke of Westminster ... not only were they essential to the triumph at Siwa .... but also to the rescue of the Tara prisoners on 17 March 1916 during which they were reported to have made a desert run of 250 miles in 22 hours 'without casualties and without incident'" from: Smith, Angela K.; Cowman, Krista (3 February 2017). Landscapes and Voices of the Great War. Taylor & Francis. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-351-85641-6. and "the unfortunate seamen were being held at Bir Hakeim (Abyar al Hakim), a remote oasis in the desert ... there were no casualties amongst the 92 surviving prisoners or the rescuer and the entire column, complete with the former prisoners, returned safely to British-held territory" from: Stephenson, Charles (19 December 2014). A Box of Sand: The Italo-Ottoman War 1911-1912. Tattered Flag. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-9576892-7-5.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:11, 1 November 2022 (UTC).
- Review follows:
Article is new enough, long enough, and well-cited to reliable sources. I will have to AGF on being free of copyright violations as almost all sources are offline. The hook is cited and interesting, and verified in the article. The proposed image is freely licensed, used in the article, is ok at the size it appears for DYK, and I have verified QPQ is complete. This should be good to go. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 13:12, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
