Talk:German bombing of Belgrade/GA1

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Reviewer: Ian Rose (talk · contribs) 09:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

This one's mine... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:35, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Toolbox checks -- no dab or EL issues.

Prose/coverage -- copyedited a bit so pls let me know if I misinterpreted anything; outstanding points:

• Further pressure was applied by Hitler on 4 March 1941, when he invited the Yugoslav Regent, Prince Paul, to Berchtesgaden, but Prince Paul delayed a decision. -- I assume this means Paul went to Germany but delayed his decision on joining the pact, but it could be read as him simply delaying a decision to go to Germany...
• Hitler, wanting to secure the southern flank of his impending invasion of the Soviet Union, demanded that Yugoslavia sign the Pact, and eventually succumbed on 25 March 1941. -- um, by the grammatical standards I've grown up with, this seems to be saying that Hitler died on 25 March 1941; I assume something else is meant... ;-)
• While not a slicking point, I don't think there's generally a need to link countries unless it's to highlight an obsolete political form, e.g. Germany and Austria make sense, but not France.
• In order to carry out the bombing of Belgrade ordered by Hitler, on 27 and 28 March 1941... -- although the end of the previous section made clear that Hitler was going to attack Yugoslavia, it might make sense to begin this section by introducing the idea of the bombing raid with something along the lines of "Hitler decided to bomb Belgrade...", before going on to when and how it was to occur.
• Sources vary regarding the composition of the first wave of the assault, consisting of bombers and dive-bombers escorted by fighter aircraft -- I feel this might need some elaboration or re-casting; "bombers and dive-bombers escorted by fighter aircraft" tells us something of the composition of the assault, so it makes me wonder how the sources varied...
  • Tks for adding figures, based on that I've been bold and removed the "Sources vary..." bit as I think it's implied now and spelling it out doesn't add anything to the sentence. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
• According to the journalist William Stevenson... -- is that this William Stevenson, i.e. can we link to him? -- answered my own question on further review... ;-) Ian Rose (talk) 14:07, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Referencing -- for consistency, if you're going to link United States Army Center of Military History you may as well link OUP, Osprey, etc (or none of them).

Structure / supporting materials -- appear fine, incl. image licences and alt text.

Summary -- nice succinct piece of work, just let me know about the above points when you can; sorry it took a while for me to finalise... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:56, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Ian. Here are my edits addressing all of the above. Let me know if you think I haven't hit the mark with any of them. I haven't had the country linking idea explained like that before, but it seems like a good rule of thumb. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 23:38, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

No prob, tweaked a bit more, if no issues with that then we're good to go. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

No worries at all, happy with your tweaks. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 00:24, 27 July 2013 (UTC)