Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Invasion of Scandinavia during World War II


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Speedy delete. Deleted in 2014 at author's request.

This AfD was never properly opened, so it was never properly closed. Technically, it has still been open this whole time. Nobody else could ever be admitted here, because this door was made only for you. I am now going to shut it. (non-admin closure) jp×g 06:42, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Invasion of Scandinavia during World War II

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This article has a strange focus. Norway and Denmark was invaded by Germany, this is already covered by Operation Weserübung, while Iceland was invaded by Britain in a preemptive move, covered by Iceland in World War II. Finland was invaded by Soviet in 1939 (the winter war). While all these events were part of WW2, I have never seen any source treating these separate events as a single topic, and never under the heading "Invasion of Scandinavia". Sweden was not invaded, and Finland and Iceland are not part of Scandinavia, and the invading forces were from 3 separate powers, so it does not make any sense to talk about the "Invasion of Scandinavia". The invasions of these northern countries were of course part of the wider European theater, but operations specific to these countries are already covered by Military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II. I think article is redundant and misleading, should be removed. --Erik den yngre (talk) 19:29, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * I have deleted the page at the original contributor's request. I think he would be well advised to start over, calling it something like "Nordic countries in world war II'" or Scandinavia in world War Two". We do not have a general article for the war in that region, and, as the comment above correctly indicates, the situation there was complex enough to need one. I'll gladly restore the article I deleted to user space or draft space as a skeleton if requested.  DGG ( talk ) 01:44, 22 April 2014 (UTC)


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