Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)


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

373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

 * 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)

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 leaves me uncertain... Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:08, 29 August 2013 (UTC)


 * 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.


 * " but the Partisans then decided to make them prisoners of war". Is there any information on when the main body was released? AustralianRupert (talk) 04:30, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Just a couple more to address. Thanks for the review, AR. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 11:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Will get back on to it when I'm back online. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 12:06, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * All done now, more info on Operation Ristow and (eventually) fixed the dates. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 04:46, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

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)
 * Thanks Dan, all done. Regards, Peacemaker67 (send... over) 05:03, 30 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Support - I reviewed for GA and have looked over the changes since then and am satisfied it meets the A class criteria as well. Anotherclown (talk) 01:45, 31 August 2013 (UTC)


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