Template:Did you know nominations/Russian military deception

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:26, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Russian military deception[edit]

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... the annexation of Crimea by little green men was actually typical of a long history of Russian military deception dating back to the Battle of Kulikovo? Source: "Russia's annexation of Crimea last year caught almost everyone off guard. The Russian military disguised its actions, and denied them - but those "little green men" who popped up in the Black Sea peninsula were a textbook case of the Russian practice of military deception" and "One of the most famous examples is the Battle of Kulikovo Field in 1380..." (BBC, How Russia outfoxes its enemies)
- ALT1:... General Friedrich von Mellenthin found Russian military deception at the Battle of Kursk and the attendant counter-attacks the Soviets launched to be "an unpleasant surprise" for German forces? Source: "The horrible counter-attacks, in which huge masses of manpower and equipment took part, were an unpleasant surprise for us" (Glantz, David (1989). Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War page 154)

Reviewed: Hazard elimination

Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Chris troutman (talk) at 05:31, 14 March 2017 (UTC).

- Length, Date, Cite, QPQ, and Earwigs check. Both hooks approved though I personally find the first hook "hookier". Mifter (talk) 18:19, 15 March 2017 (UTC)