Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Bougainville counterattack/archive1

TFA blurb review[edit]

The Bougainville counterattack (8–25 March 1944) was an unsuccessful Japanese offensive against the Allied base at Cape Torokina, on Bougainville Island, during the Pacific War of World War II. The goal of the offensive was to destroy the Allied beachhead, which accommodated three strategically important airfields. The Allies detected Japanese preparations and strengthened the base's defenses. The attack, hampered by inaccurate intelligence and poor planning, was repulsed mainly by United States Army forces after intense fighting. The Japanese suffered severe casualties, while Allied losses were light. This attack was the last big Japanese offensive in the Solomon Islands Campaign. In late 1944 Australian troops took over from the Americans and began a series of advances across the island that lasted until the end of the war in August 1945. (Full article...)

Pinging AustralianRupert and Nick-D; we're doing blurbs for articles promoted at FAC in June, July and August 2018. Thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 00:42, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This also looks good to me, and I've made a tweak. Nick-D (talk) 07:41, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

G'day, Dank, yes looks good to me. Thank you. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 07:43, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Change looks good. Apologies, AR and Nick, for my absence from FAC lately ... because, well, life. I'll get it sorted soon. - Dank (push to talk) 12:52, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]