Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/December 2015/Articles




 * Runaway Scrape (Maile66) : Looking at the period of the Texas Revolution, this article focuses upon the 1836 flight of the ad interim government of the new Republic of Texas, the Provisional Army of Texas and the civilian population from the Mexican Army of Operations. Sitting between the Battle of the Alamo and the decisive Battle of San Jacinto, while the event is possibly not one that is widely known outside of the United States, or even perhaps Texas itself, it nevertheless forms a strong part of the narrative of the Texas Revolution and the article offers a vivid insight into a fascinating time in the development of the United States as a nation.


 * Operation Copperhead (ErrantX) : Part of a long running series of articles that Errant has been working on in relation to World War II deception operations. In the nomination statement for the FAC, Errant stated that this was one of his favourite, being "completely off the wall". We also liked his summary at A-class several years ago: "A drunk Australian actor parades through Gibraltar and North Africa pretending to be Montgomery"!


 * The class the stars fell on (Hawkeye7) : This list provides a summary of the careers of the United States Military Academy Class of 1915. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 (36%) attained the rank of general, more than any class in the academy's history. Hawkeye first nominated this article for FL status in 2010, and the second nomination was successful.


 * Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl (Cplakidas) : Cplakidas described this nomination as forming part of a "series of lesser-known but fascinating medieval Muslim rulers, this is an article on the greatest representative of the Kurdish Shaddadid dynasty. In many ways an archetypical example of the perpetually feuding petty princes of Transcaucasia, he was an extremely able man and held in high esteem by friend and foe alike."


 * 76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) (EnigmaMcmxc) : The 76th Infantry Division was a British home defence unit of World War II, which later evolved into a training formation. While the division was disbanded in 1944, British deception staff managed to convince the Germans that it remained active and was being held in readiness for a landing on Germany's North Sea coast.


 * Operation Ironside (ErrantX) : Continuing on the topic of World War II deceptions, this article covers an unsuccessful attempt by the Allies to convince the Germans that they intended to make a major landing near Bordeaux during 1944. ErrantX developed the article to GA status in 2013, and was able to further expand it after finding additional details while working on articles on related operations. Expect to see this at FAC soon!


 * Calutron (Hawkeye7) : This article forms part of Hawkeye's long-running series of articles on the Manhattan Project. Cauldrons were developed as part of the Project to separate the isotopes of uranium, and in his nomination statement Hawkeye joked that "if you are looking to build your own atomic bomb at home, then you probably want one of these."


 * 2/3rd Battalion (Australia) (AustralianRupert) : The 2/3rd Battalion was among the first infantry battalions raised by the Australian Army for overseas service during World War II, and one of only two to fight against all the major Axis powers of the war. Raised in 1939, the battalion saw combat against the Germans, Italians and Vichy French in the Mediterranean during 1941, and then against the Japanese in New Guinea between 1942 and 1945. For the article's main author, this was part of a long running series on Australian Army units spanning several conflicts; this one was significant for the author, though, being the battalion in which his grandfather served.


 * Yugoslav submarine Hrabri (Peacemaker67) : Another quality article on a warship, and another quality article focusing on the conflagration in the Balkans. This one focuses on the Yugoslav submarine Hrabri, which was a British-built submarine that served in the Yugoslav Navy between 1927 and 1941. Early in World War II, she was captured by Italian forces in 1941, but was scrapped that year due to her poor condition.