Talk:Task Force 80

A fact from Task Force 80 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Task Force 80 was the designation of the U.S. naval task force involved in the first sustained land assault and invasion of the European mainland during World War II?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Task Force 80.

Wikipedia

Military history: Maritime / North America / United States / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Maritime warfare task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	World War II task force

DYK hook confusing, and not directly supported by its source

There were three significant problems with the hook: 1) Sicily isn't part of the 'European mainland' so the wording was a bit confusing (I imagine that this was referring to Salerno, but this was the second of the two major operations this force conducted) 2) the reference provided to support this claim is to an appendix which provides only the order of battle for the Allied force, and doesn't contain the claim that this was the 'first sustained land assault and invasion of the European mainland during this war' and 3) the first such invasion was actually conducted by Germany during the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940. I've tweaked the hook so that it's focused on Sicily and Salerno, which I hope is OK. Nick-D (talk) 23:30, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]