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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

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Duty to escape

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  • ... that American military personnel taken prisoner of war have a duty to escape? Source: "If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape." from "Executive Order 10631--Code of Conduct for members of the Armed Forces of the United States". National Archives.
    • ALT1:... that despite being mentioned in films such as The Great Escape, British officers held prisoner during the Second World War had no duty to escape? " Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape." diaglogue from The Great Escape via: Warden, Peter (6 April 2017). "Film review: 'The Great Escape'". Sonoma Index Tribune. Retrieved 28 January 2020. plus "And what about the idea that POWs had a "duty to escape"? According to historians like Guy Walters, this is an "enduring myth". There was actually no such official duty." from "Was the Great Escape a Reckless Mistake?". Yesterday Channel.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:54, 28 January 2020 (UTC).

  • New enough, long enough, well referenced. Interesting hook, particularly proposed hook. Reads well, QPQ done, hook in article and followed by inline citation. Same problem with earwig's copyvio. @Dumelow: can you help? Whispyhistory (talk) 19:48, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi Whispyhistory, unfortunately I can't get the tool to load at all for me right now - Dumelow (talk) 19:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
OK...no hurry...will try tomorrow. If it becomes a longterm problem, I suppose I can AGF. BTW...a very interesting article. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
....Earwig's copyvio shows a high count due to quotes...so okay. Whispyhistory (talk) 14:38, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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