Template:Did you know nominations/Neil Ritchie

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 20:35, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Neil Ritchie

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Ritchie in 1944

... that despite being sacked after losing the Battle of Gazala, Neil Ritchie (pictured) went on to command a corps in North-West Europe? Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27024882
"The commander of the Eighth Army during this disastrous campaign was Neil Ritchie. As British forces retreated to the east, in what the troops called the ‘Gazala Gallop’, the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), Middle East General Sir Claude Auchinleck sacked Ritchie on 25 June 1942, and assumed command of the army himself. But Ritchie’s military career did not end there. Amazingly, within twenty-two months of his dismissal, he returned to command XII Corps during the campaign in North-West Europe."
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Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Neil Ritchie; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Article has achieved Good Article status. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. Hook is interesting and sourced. Both required QPQs are done. Looks ready to go. Thriley (talk) 12:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)