Talk:Bayonet Trench

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:18, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Graves at Bayonet Trench (1920)

... that a popular myth held that the French soldiers interred in Bayonet Trench (pictured) were buried alive with their rifles in their hands?

Source: "a legend, capturing the popular imagery of the bayonet, soon emerged: the men of the French 137th had supposedly been buried alive by German bombardment after they attached their bayonets and held their rifles upright." from: Harp, Stephen L. (14 December 2001). Marketing Michelin: Advertising and Cultural Identity in Twentieth-Century France. JHU Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0-8018-6651-7.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 914 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 20:48, 23 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Very nice work on a worthy topic. Article is new enough (moved to mainspace 11/23) and long enough (> 5000 characters of narrative text). Well written and sourced. Earwig raised an alert with this source but a closer review reveals nothing problematic. The hook is interesting, sourced, and short enough. QPQ satisfied. Image has PD tag, shows well at 100x100px, and is worthy of the lead/image slot. Cbl62 (talk) 16:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]