Talk:Reichsgau Flandern

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Did "Germany" really declare Flanders a Reichsgau in 1944 - in fact, on 15 December 1944, according to the German Wiki - (and who spoke for "Germany")? Or was it perhaps rather a groupuscule of Flemish collaborators-in-exile (somewhere in Germany) who proclaimed their intention to join the Reich, as a Reichsgau yet-to-be-formed, and named their own Gauleiter? Given that all Belgium was overrun by the Allies as of end-August, the liberation of Belgium was declared in early September 1944, already the introductory sentence of this article, speaking of a "short-lived Reichsgau" seems historically highly dubious! No wonder someone threw out the ironic question "Did you know ..." in July 2010. Nothing has happened since then! The article, rather than being denominated "Starting quality", should be put on a watchlist with deletion threat unless better documentation is supplied!

Similar strictures probably apply to the sister-article "Reichsgau Wallonia".

84.227.255.227 (talk) 10:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)CW

Addition, to fill in "Edit sumary". 84.227.255.227 (talk) 10:42, 17 November 2011 (UTC) CW