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A fact from Prisoners of war in World War II appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that as many as 35 million soldiers became prisoners of war in World War II, according to some estimates?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that according to some estimates, as many as 35 million soldiers became prisoners of war in World War II? Source: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/244883?journalCode=jmh
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kim Kitsuragi
- Comment: 2nd QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Straight-tusked elephant

5x expanded by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 538 past nominations.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:59, 15 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hook is interesting and inline cited to the Journal of Modern History, which is RS. QPQs (x2) done. Earwig indicates violation unlikely. No image. Article is NPOV. Looks good to me! Chetsford (talk) 06:31, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]