Talk:Ernst Scheurlen
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Bruxton in topic Did you know nomination
 | A fact from Ernst Scheurlen appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 May 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 Bruxton (talk) 17:14, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen was killed in action a month before the end of the Second World War in Europe, whilst leading a hastily raised division of naval troops in defence of Germany? Source: "The division's original commander, Vice Admiral Ernst Scheurlen, assumed command on February 11 and was killed in action on April 8" from: Mitcham, Samuel W. (23 January 2007). Retreat to the Reich: The German Defeat in France, 1944. Stackpole Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4617-5155-7. and "hurriedly formed in the Schleswig-Holstein region of northern Germany from excess naval personnel in March 1945 ... sent to the Western Front ... fought against the British" from: Mitcham, Samuel W. (21 August 2007). German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. Stackpole Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8117-4654-0.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ernst Scheurlen; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Dumelow: I added the war's end with a time Magazine reference to support the hook. Bruxton (talk) 17:15, 30 April 2023 (UTC)