Template:Did you know nominations/Western Front demarcation stones

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Western Front demarcation stones

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• ... that a line of stone monuments mark the limit of the German advance on the Western Front in 1918? "commemorate the line from which the Allies launched their offensive against the German Army in 1918 and consequently correspond with the furthest points reached by the Germans" from Cooksey, Jon; Murland, Jerry (2013). Battle Lines Ypres: Nieuwpoort to Ploegsteert. Casemate Publishers. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-78303-404-8.
  • ALT1:... that a line of stone monuments through France and Belgium mark the starting points of the Allies' 1918 Hundred Days Offensive? Source: as above

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Police Union of German States

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:15, 11 April 2020 (UTC).

• 3874 characters (702 words) readable prose size; Moved into mainspace on 11 April; Hook and alt are well sourced, short enough, and quite interesting. image looks good. --Slashme (talk) 11:52, 16 April 2020 (UTC)