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Battle of Merville Gun Battery
Created by Jim Sweeney (talk) 14:16, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * ... that despite being captured on D-Day, 6 June 1944 by British paratroops, the Merville Gun Battery remained in German hands until 17 August?
 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article length, hook length, and timeliness of submission check out. Offline cite AGF. Check of text reveals no obvious copyright violations or close paraphrasing. OK for the queue. Some text taken from Operation Tonga, but article length still OK. - Tim1965 (talk) 22:53, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Reviewed Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker