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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:50, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
... that Australian and Greek troops under Lieutenant Colonel Ian Ross Campbell held off a force of over 1,000 German paratroops on Crete for ten days? Source: "On 20 May a force of 1300-1500 paratroops was dropped to both flanks of and on top of the Australians. The Germans had powerful air support, and the Australians were isolated from the start from the rest of the garrison of Crete. Lt-Col CAMPBELL remained in command during ten days continuous and at times bitter hand to hand fighting." ([1])
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)
Overall: Hawkeye7 and Newm30, I’ve completed my review of this article and the hook and find that they meet or exceed DYK criteria. I confirmed that the article was created by Newm30 on 19 December 2020, and that it is readable prose size at 4044 characters (705 words). The image of the subject in the article is Fair Use with the necessary justification provided. -- West Virginian (talk) 04:12, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but there is no inline cite for him commanding Australian and Greek troops, per WP:DYK#Cited hook. Also, why don't you say over 1,300 Germans? Yoninah (talk) 19:35, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Added another inline cite. And over a thousand sounds better. Hawkeye7(discuss) 20:41, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. Restoring tick per West Virginian's review. Yoninah (talk) 01:16, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
Hawkeye7 and Newm30, I’ve completed my review of this article and the hook and find that they meet or exceed DYK criteria. I confirmed that the article was created by Newm30 on 19 December 2020, and that it is readable prose size at 4044 characters (705 words). The image of the subject in the article is Fair Use with the necessary justification provided. -- West Virginian (talk) 04:12, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but there is no inline cite for him commanding Australian and Greek troops, per WP:DYK#Cited hook. Also, why don't you say 