Template:Did you know nominations/White flags over Port Stanley

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 21:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

White flags over Port Stanley

Thatcher in June 1982
Thatcher in June 1982
  • ... that although Margaret Thatcher (pictured) announced to the House of Commons on 14 June 1982 that Argentine troops were "flying white flags over Port Stanley", it was probably just laundry on a washing line? "20 years after the end of the Falklands War the myth of 'white flags flying over Stanley' on the morning of 14 June 1982, has finally been exploded ... So what was the mysterious white object which was sighted by 'A' Company? Major Dawson readily agrees that 'It was probably someone washing hanging on a clothes line'" from: Watts, Patrick (12 November 2002). "White flags over Stanley". MercoPress. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 12:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Nice work. Most of the copyvio detection is from a long quote, so this should be fine. Epicgenius (talk) 20:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)