Template:Did you know nominations/Victor Jacques
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:14, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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Victor Jacques
- ... that British Brigadier Victor Jaques was almost killed by friendly fire from an American aircraft in Bangkok in 1945? "at least one round from a P-38 hit less than 10ft from Brigadier Hector a "British liaison officer"... Brigadier Hector apparently was a code name for Brigadier Victor Jacques" from page 19 of: Bergin, Bob (December 2011). "OSS and Free Thai Operations in World War II". Studies in Intelligence. 55 (4).
- ALT1:... that British Brigadier Victor Jaques travelled in and out of Japanese-occupied Thailand several times in 1945 as part of his work for the Special Operations Executive? Reynolds p320 describes Jacques' first trip to Thailand for Force 136, p336 his return on 1 June and p376 his return in mid-August: Reynolds, E. Bruce (6 January 2005). Thailand's Secret War: OSS, SOE and the Free Thai Underground during World War II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44259-6.
- ALT2: ... that in early 1945 the 6 foot 4 inch (1.93m) tall Brigadier Victor Jaques drove round the streets of Thailand wearing his British Army uniform without being accosted by its Japanese garrison?"Victor Jaques was able to drive round the streets of the Thai capital wearing British uniform, while it was still under Japanese occupation" from: page 174 of: Gooch, John (12 November 2012). Decisive Campaigns of the Second World War. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-28888-3. and "Jacques ... 6 feet 4 inches tall" from page 150 of: *Jones, Jones Clive (21 May 2019). Clandestine Lives of Colonel David Smiley: Code Name 'Grin'. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-4117-9.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:49, 11 August 2021 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 11 August 2021 is 14,548 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected and duplication detector of main sources[1][2] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF scanned refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 117 characters long (ALT1 is 167; ALT2 is 191); all three are under 200 character max. and are interesting. Refs that verifying main hook, ALT1, and ALT2 are reliable sources. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 05:43, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
