Talk:Ernst Frey

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 02:10, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

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Ernst Frey

• ... that soldier Ernst Frey (pictured), despite being born in Austria, was one of the first colonels of Vietnam Army?

• Source: Đại tá Nguyễn Dân và Chúng minh thư đặc biệt. Translation: "Ernest Frey was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1915." [...] "After the Battle of An Khe, Nguyen Dan was transferred back to Viet Bac and promoted to Colonel - one of the first Colonels in our Army" Nguyen Dan in this case was his pseudonym.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shahar Nakav

Created by KhoaNguyen1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

KhoaNguyen1|Talk 07:24, 8 August 2026 (UTC).

• Added ALT1, a slight rewording of ALT0. —Bruce1ee^talk 08:25, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that Ernst Frey (pictured), despite being born in Austria, was one of the first colonels of the Vietnam Army?

Thank you, it sounds better than ALT0 in my opinion, so I have struck my hook KhoaNguyen1|Talk 11:40, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

• Full review needed. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:26, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

What a fascinating story. New enough, long enough, well cited - albeit GF based on Google Translate issues. I think ALT1 is quite hooky too. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:43, 28 September 2026 (UTC)