Talk:German submarine U-39 (1938)

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German submarine U-39 (1938) is part of the German Type IXA submarines series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

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Date	Process	Result
April 11, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
August 17, 2010	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 5, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the German submarine U-39 was the first U-boat sunk in World War II?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Xtzou (Talk) 22:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is a perfect little article that tells the story of the submarine very well. Nice job! Xtzou (Talk) 22:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Pass or Fail: Pass!

Congratulations! Xtzou (Talk) 22:36, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]