Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/November 2024/Articles
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- Battle of Lake Providence (Hog Farm)
- The fourth entry in HF's project to get the articles comprising the American Civil War's Vicksburg campaign to featured status, this action took place near Lake Providence, Louisiana, on June 9, 1863. Union forces numbering around 800 defeated a roughly evenly matched force of Confederates. Casualties were minimal, the Confederates losing two killed and five wounded against the Union's one wounded.
- Jochi (AirshipJungleman29)
- According to AJ's nomination statement, "Jochi was, and remains, the most mysterious of the sons of Genghis Khan (I haven't got around to his sisters yet). The disputed circumstances of his birth, his conflicts with his brothers, his growing independence and estrangement from his father, his early death... all have contributed to a murky image of the man. Hopefully, this article will bring some clarity."
- The Motherland Calls (joeyquism)
- Surely the most famous of all Russian statues, The Motherland Calls was completed in 1967 and dedicated to the Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad. It depicts Mother Russia holding up a sword and calling on her people to take up arms against the enemy. At 85 metres (279 ft) in height, it was once the tallest statue in the world.
- Chagatai Khan (AirshipJungleman29)
- AJ's second FA last month, this article is about another son of Genghis Khan, the younger brother of Jochi. A significant figure in the early Mongol Empire, Chagatai was well known for his strict interpretation of Mongol custom and law and for his harsh temper.
- Battle of Saipan (Wtfiv)
- In a key engagement of World War II in the Pacific, US forces invaded the island of Saipan on 15 June 1944. This led to a major Japanese naval counter-attack that ended in a decisive American victory during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The Japanese garrison of Saipan put up a determined fight before organised resistance ended on 9 July. The capture of Saipan broke the Japanese inner defence perimeter and left Japan vulnerable to strategic bombing.
- Robert Poore (AssociateAffiliate)
- Brigadier-General Poore was a British Army officer who saw active service in the Second Boer War, earning the Distinguished Service Order, and in World War I, during which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. He was also a talented cricketer, playing many first-class matches in England and in three Test matches for South Africa.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 by Leon Perskie -
The official presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale -
The 1915 British recruiting poster Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War? by Savile Lumley, lithographed by Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd, and restored by Adam Cuerden -
Wait for Me, Daddy, which shows members of the The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles) marching through New Westminster, British Columbia in October 1940 by Claude Dettloff
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- SPARS (Pendright)
- SPARS is about the Women who served in the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve during World War II. Created by the U.S Congress, it authorized the USCG to replace male officers and enlisted men with women at shore stations. The top-secret LORAN project was its most unique assignment. LORAN was a land-based radio navigation system developed to monitor locations of ships at sea and aircraft in flight. A LORAN station at Chatham, Massachusetts, is believed to be the only all-female staffed monitoring station of its kind in the world.
- Operation Matterhorn logistics (Hawkeye7)
- Operation Matterhorn was a military operation of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II involving the strategic bombing of industrial facilities in Japan, China and Southeast Asia by Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers based in India. The creation of bases for the B-29s in India, Ceylon and China and their maintenance was a logistical undertaking of enormous magnitude and difficulty.
- Ernest J. King (Hawkeye7)
- King was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations during World War II. He was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer during the war after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. King directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff.
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