Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/April 2022/Articles


 * Tom Eastick : Another in PM's series on South Australian military figures, Eastick served as an officer in the Militia before World War II. He was in charge of an artillery regiment at the Battles of El Alamein in 1942 and, promoted to brigadier, commanded the artillery of Australian divisions in New Guinea and Borneo in 1943–45. He took the Japanese surrender in Sarawak, where he subsequently served as military governor. Eastwick was prominent in ex-service organisations in South Australia, and was knighted in 1970 for his volunteer work.


 * John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( and ) : Hastings was a fourteenth-century English nobleman and soldier. According to SN's nomination statement, "This chap starts off as a bit of an arse, frankly—a plutocrat forced to work with men of greater ability though less lineage, and who clearly can't decide whether he prefers fighting the French or cutting off relatives, as he spends his time doing both in almost equal portions. But—but—whose story ends with, really, some poignancy."


 * Khalid ibn al-Walid : Khalid, who died in AD 642, started out vehemently opposing Islam and inflicted a major defeat on the forces of the Prophet Muhammad in 625. A few years later he was a convert and during the 630s led the Muslims to victories in Arabia and Byzantine Syria, becoming one of the new religion's legendary commanders.


 * Frederick Browning : "Boy" Browning has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He is best known as the commander of the I Airborne Corps and deputy commander of First Allied Airborne Army during Operation Market Garden; it was during planning for this operation that he reputedly said: "I think we might be going a bridge too far". He was also an Olympic bobsleigh competitor, and the husband of author Daphne du Maurier.


 * Battle of Glasgow, Missouri (Hog Farm) : The latest article on Price's Missouri Expedition developed to A-class standard by Hog Farm covers a Confederate victory. The battle was fought on 15 October 1864, with the Confederates aiming to capture a stockpile of Union weapons at Glasgow, Missouri. The larger Confederate force won the engagement, and captured weapons and other supplies. This was to little avail, as the Confederate army was decisively beaten on 23 October in the Battle of Westport.


 * List of British infantry brigades of the Second World War (101–309 and named) (EnigmaMcmxc) : This is the counterpart to the List of British infantry brigades of the Second World War (1–100) list that EnigmaMcmxc developed to A-class in January. As indicated by the article's title, it covers the remaining British infantry brigades that were active during the Second World War. The named brigades are particularly interesting, and provide insights into some of the relatively isolated areas where the British Army was deployed.