Template:Did you know nominations/Fu-Go balloon bomb
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 21:30, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
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Fu-Go balloon bomb
- ... that during World War II, American officials twice considered censoring Sunday comics which depicted Japanese balloons? Source: Coen, Ross (2014). Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 164–167. ISBN 978-0-80325-667-5.
- ALT1: ... that the first intercontinental weapon in history was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon? Source: Rizzo, Johnna (27 May 2013). "Japan's Secret WWII Weapon: Balloon Bombs". National Geographic. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ALT2: ... that during World War II, American scientists studied sand in an attempt to identify the source of Japanese balloons? Source: Mikesh, Robert C. (1973). Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 34–36. hdl:10088/18679. ISBN 978-0-87474-911-3.
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Improved to Good Article status by Goszei (talk). Self-nominated at 02:29, 9 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fu-Go balloon bomb; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
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Overall: @Goszei: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:16, 9 May 2023 (UTC)