Talk:Operation Arctic Fox/GA1

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Reviewer: Catlemur (talk · contribs) 10:42, 11 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Soviet Northern Front was split into two during the course of the operation, this should be mentioned.
I found the proper name of the Polyarny Divsion, however I do not see it mentioned in the main body of the article.
The Operation is known as Kandalaksha Operation in Russian sources shall it be included in the article?
Explain why did the Soviet Union attack Finland in the first place and how Germany joined in. There is plenty of info at Background of the Winter War
Expand the sections related to US supplies through Murmansk and the role of the Lend-Lease.
Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo was suddenly not keen to continue the offensive, and instead ordered the perimeter cleared ^[why?]
I found a couple of Russian sources on the operation, I will try to incorporate them into the article.
More comments may follow up.--Catlemur (talk) 17:03, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your review! I reworked and expanded the article quite a bit according to your suggestions. Below are my comments.

The Soviet Northern Front was split into two during the course of the operation, this should be mentioned.

I found the proper name of the Polyarny Divsion, however I do not see it mentioned in the main body of the article.

It is named as "Polyarny Divsion" in some sources, thats why I went with it. But I guess Polar Division may be the correct name indeed; -> Ueberschaer has a table with the order of battle and there its called Polar Division too.

The Operation is known as Kandalaksha Operation in Russian sources shall it be included in the article? Done

If it encompasses the whole operation then sure. I added it in the lead - if its correct this way.

I will remove it case I fail to find a source to support that name.
Explain why did the Soviet Union attack Finland in the first place and how Germany joined in. There is plenty of info at Background of the Winter War Done

I didnt wanted to go that deep into politics since this is only a sub-sub operation of the Barbarossa/Continuation war (see my reasoning on the talkpage of Arctic Fox above), but I expanded the background section considerably.

Expand the sections related to US supplies through Murmansk and the role of the Lend-Lease. Done

I expanded it a bit with and also added some figures how much and what was delivered to Murmank.

Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo was suddenly not keen to continue the offensive, and instead ordered the perimeter cleared ^[why?] Done

I found a couple of Russian sources on the operation, I will try to incorporate them into the article.

If there is something missing sure, but these sources should be uses cautiously, because there are still from the Soviet era pre 1991. Dead Mary (talk) 14:50, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The southern pincer of this attack was to be launched from the Salla region in Central Finland. Salla was one of the areas occupied during the Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939." How can they launch an offensive from there if the Soviets were in control of the region?--Catlemur (talk) 17:59, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I changed that sentence to make it less confusing. Dead Mary (talk) 09:05, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]