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Article promoted Hawkeye7 (talk) 20:15, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Nominator(s): Peacemaker67 (send... over)


I am nominating this article for A-Class review because it recently went through a successful GAN and I consider it meets the MILHIST A-class criteria. The division was one of three so-called "legionnaire" divisions consisting of a German cadre commanding Croat soldiers, and fought the Yugoslav Partisans from mid-1943 to the end of the war. Peacemaker67 (send... over) 01:27, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support Comments: G'day, good work as usual. I did a bit of copy editing, please check that you are happy with my changes. I have the following other comments:

  • "returned to the NDH in May 1944..." do you mean May 1943?
  • Done.
  • "immediately attached to..." do you mean immediately in terms of time, or in terms of being a direct-command unit?
  • Clarified.
  • "the division was placed under the command of the 2nd Panzer Army, which had been redeployed to the Balkans". Where had it been before?
  • Eastern Front. Added.
  • is there any more that can be said about the types of operations the division undertook during Operations Panther and Ristow? Any significant actions/battles? How were the 100 casualties suffered?
  • "In late December 1944, Hühnewaldt was tasked..." do you mean "December 1943"?
  • Fixed.
  • G'day, I'm still a bit confused by this. The Battle of Banja Luka section starts off mentioning a date of "late December 1944" and then in a subsequent paragraph describes events from "February 1944". I think that the "late December 1944" should be "late December 1943", but the change you made here [1] leaves me uncertain... Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:08, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • inconsistent: "Battle Group Willam had..." Elsewhere you seem to refer to this as "Kampfgruppe Willam";
  • Fixed.
  • "participated in the defence of Knin" --> against whom?
  • The Partisans. Added.

::*I won't get to these for a week or so, will be out of town. Will get back on to it when I'm back online. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 12:06, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • "was a so-called "legionnaire" division": The quote marks raise a question that isn't answered: why should the reader regard the "legionnaire" designation with skepticism? See the second paragraph of WP:SCAREQUOTES.
  • "this did not eventuate, and it was used": it was used instead
  • "It was known as the "Tiger Division" Croatian: Tigar Divizija)": missing parenthesis
  • "The first task of the division was secure": ... to secure
  • "but by mid-June the situation had changed and the division began": but by mid-June the division began
  • "Bakarec summoned the inhabitants of a village, gave them a speech then shot six": Bakarec summoned the inhabitants of a village and shot six [the speech is unimportant by comparison, unless it's a well-known speech]
  • "Eduard Aldrian replaced Zellner as the divisional commander. Zellner was transferred": Eduard Aldrian became divisional commander replacing Zellner, who was transferred
  • "This was followed on 16 August by the replacement of Windisch by Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Mück as commander of the 383rd Regiment. At the same time, the division was placed": On 16 August Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Mück replaced Windisch as regimental commander, and the division was placed
  • "although ten were subsequently arrested": ten of whom were later arrested
  • "re-deployed": redeployed
  • "The 383rd Regiment relieved the garrison and conducted clearing operations around the town until heavy snowfalls in the first week in November. On 4 December, Oberstleutnant Hühnewaldt replaced Mück as the commander of the 383rd Regiment": ... as commander of the regiment [or, as regimental commander]
  • "For several days the division's disarmed German troops were allowed to travel towards Germany, but the Partisans then decided to make them prisoners of war.": The division's disarmed German troops were allowed to travel towards Germany for several days before becoming prisoners of war of the Partisans.
  • Support on prose per standard disclaimer. - Dank (push to talk) 19:47, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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