Talk:Belgium in World War II/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Retrolord (talk · contribs) 09:54, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Coming out of semi-retirement to review this after Brigade Piron asked, hope no one else objects. I'll do it as quickly as i can ★★Retro Lord ★★ 09:54, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"The country was mostly liberated" I'm not sure this is completely appropriate, perhaps a bit too subjective to say "liberated"? Might need changing.

" theatres of war around the globe" The article mentions fighting in europe and africa, could we rephrase this to be a bit more precise?

On reflection, I don't think that paragraph adds much at all that is needed in the intro. I've removed it.Brigade Piron (talk) 11:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

While not a GA point, the lead could perhaps be re-formatted to remove those two stand alone paragraphs at the bottom.

" Fall of France" Not sure Fall should be capitalised, also, perhaps surrender? Fall seems a bit excesive.

"Belgium was run by a German military government under General Alexander von Falkenhausen until July 1944, and then under Reichskommissar Josef Grohé until liberation." Citations?

Done Brigade Piron (talk) 12:12, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"After the war, many of those who had collaborated actively with the German occupiers – including the political leaders of fascist parties and the guards at Breendonk concentration camp – were tried, imprisoned or shot." References/citations?

Rephrased and ref'd Brigade Piron (talk) 11:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"The resistance would aid the airmen by giving them false papers and guiding them to either neutral or Allied occupied territory." refs?

Done Brigade Piron (talk) 11:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Preliminary review complete. Once we've addressed those i'll use a table and get everything else. Shouldn't be too hard. Good work on the article Brigade, ★★Retro Lord ★★ 05:12, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Retrolord, many thanks! I'll work on finding some of the citations you mention. "Fall of France" and "Liberation" are pretty standard terms in history writing on the subject, I hope they don't represent POV terms. Many thanks again for your work here! ---Brigade Piron (talk) 11:48, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]