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 | This article contains a translation of Erich Marcks (General) from de.wikipedia. Translated on May 23, 2007. |
Suggestion
editHi:
Some discussion as to why he believed the invasion would take place in Normandy rather than Pas-de-calais might prove useful. What was the state of mind of the OKW in comparison, et cetera. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.187.189 (talk) 01:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Copyedit
editHi, I would like to start removing some the unsourced material (previously tagged with [citation needed]), unless there are editors who would be willing to provide them. Please let me know. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:52, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
- Ah, it looks like I've encountered this article. This article is very wordy, and suffers from lack of citations. I plan to copyedit this article to remove non-notable details, wp:peacock, dubious claims, such as:
- ...No 3 Battery, 5. Badischen Feld-Artillerie-Regiment No 76. On 11 December 1911 he was promoted to Sublieutenant of Artillery and transferred to Schleswigsches Feldartillerie-Regiment "Generalfeldmarschall Graf Waldersee" No 9....
- ....served with Heeresabteilung (T 1) beim Truppenamt (TA) during 1924 and 1925. On 1 October 1925 he was transferred to the staff of 3rd Reichswehr Division as Executive Officer. 1927-28 he served as Battery Commander of 14th (mounted) Battery of 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment....
- His excellent work, calm under stress and duress....
- However, Marcks was pessimistic about any wholescale Russian campaign. But with his warnings unheard, he requested transfer to a combat leadership position and on 10 December 1940 received command of 101. Light Infantry Division (101. leichte Infanterie-Division)
And whatever else I come across. Please let me know if there are any objections. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:23, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Wehrmachtbericht
editWhat is the purpose of this section in the article? It appears that Wehrmachtbericht reference was one of Marck's many commendations, so I'm not sure that the emphasis on Wehrmachtbericht is needed.
Compare with:
- Mentioned six times in the Wehrmachtbericht (6 and 8 August 1941, 19 September 1941, 11 and 12 October 1941, 10 September 1943)
Or Erich von Manstein, which is a GA article:
- Eight mentions in the Wehrmachtbericht: 11, 12 and 31 October 1941; 19 and 20 May 1942; 2 July 1942; 20 March 1943; 4 August 1943