Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/June 2018/Project news

Welcome to the sixth Bugle edition for 2018!

TomStar81 has contributed another pair of fine articles to mark the centenary of World War I. His op-ed covers the Paris Gun which shelled that city during 1918 and was probably the largest artillery gun used in the war. Tom's second article is the latest update in his vast World War I timeline.

A highlight of our regular article news section is the completion of Hawkeye7's huge featured topic on the Manhattan Project. Of the set of 35 articles, 17 are featured articles and one is a featured list. Congratulations to Hawkeye on this achievement.

After the avalanche of new A-class articles this year, May was a relatively quiet month for these assessments; there were almost twice as many new MilHist FAs as A-class promotions. Among the FAs was 's first, on John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk -- congratulations! At time of writing there are many A-class nominations outstanding, so readers are strongly encouraged to jump in and help bump up the numbers of new A-class articles for June!

Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk)


 * The A-Class medal with Diamonds has been awarded to:
 * Parsecboy for SMS Wettin, SMS Hessen, and L 20e α-class battleship.
 * Peacemaker67 for Jørgen Jensen (soldier), Commissioner Government, and Yugoslav torpedo boat T7.


 * The inaugural A-Class cross has been awarded to:
 * Hawkeye7 for British logistics in the Falklands War, Landings at Cape Torokina, British logistics in the Normandy Campaign, Quebec Agreement and John Glenn.


 * The contest department completed its 131st round of competition in May 2018. A total of 53 articles were submitted by 10 editors. Gog the Mild came first with 80 points from 18 articles, and Sturmvogel_66 came in second with 63 points from 6 articles. Gog the Mild has been awarded the Chevrons and Sturmvogel has received the Writer's Barnstar. An honorable mention goes to Kges1901, who narrowly came third with 55 points from 10 articles. AustralianRupert, Catlemur, Djmaschek, Miyagawa, Parsecboy, Peacemaker67 and Zawed also fielded entries.