Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/July 2016/Articles

No MilHist articles were promoted to featured status last month.


 * Winston Churchill as writer (SchroCat) : While best known for leading the United Kingdom during World War II, Churchill was also a prolific writer. Many of his works cover military campaigns, and he published memoirs of his prominent experiences in both world wars. His series on The Second World War remains particularly well-known.


 * J. R. Kealoha (KAVEBEAR) : This is the latest article in KAVEBEAR's series on Native Hawaiian and Hawaii-born combatants of the American Civil War. Kealoha fought in the Union Army between 1864 and 1865, and was present at the unconditional surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. However, little is known about his life and his grave did not receive a marker until 2014. KAVEBEAR is hoping to develop this article into one of Wikipedia's Very short featured articles.


 * Battle of Tsimba Ridge (AustralianRupert) : AustralianRupert developed three articles on battles of the 1944-45 Bougainville Campaign to A-class standard during June. The first to be promoted covers a three-week engagement in the north of the island during early 1945, in which Australian units pushed a Japanese force of approximately equivalent size to their own from a defensive position.


 * Battle of Porton Plantation (AustralianRupert) : The Battle of Porton Plantation was the only Australian defeat during the Bougainville Campaign. During the engagement an Australian reinforced company was landed near the northern tip of Bougainville in an attempt to outflank Japanese forces. While the landing went well, the situation for the Australians rapidly deteriorated when their landing craft ran aground and Japanese reinforcements were rushed to the area. It took two days to extract the surviving Australian troops, and the battle remains controversial.


 * Battle of the Hongorai River (AustralianRupert) : This article covers one of the larger battles of the Bougainville Campaign, which saw an Australian brigade engage an under-strength Japanese division between April and May 1945. The Australians successfully crossed the river, and continued their drive towards the main Japanese base in the south of the island. AustralianRupert developed this article to GA status in 2010, and recently revisited it, drawing on a major new book on the campaign.