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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 27, 2010.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that in 1944 British agents kidnapped a German general on the German occupied island of Crete?

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date this occurred?[edit]

The article doesn't seem to give the date on which this occurred. That would seem to be a basic fact to be included. Apparently it was sometime between April 4 and May 14, but when exactly? T-bonham (talk) 08:15, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch must have gotten edited out and not replaced - it was 26 April now added. --Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:32, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Kreipe Abduction Team.jpg Nominated for Deletion[edit]

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Why?[edit]

Article does not address the reason why a General would need to be kidnapped. Was it particular to the situation on Crete? Abductive (reasoning) 03:48, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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he was major general not a general. 2 ranks lower[edit]

Correct rank--Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 17:05, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CE[edit]

Did a cheeky little ce, blammed a few typos, auto ed and BritEng the prose, added a few details to the the bibliography RV as desired. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 17:49, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm, wasn't expecting to see the comment above but I've done it again and RV as desired. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 16:11, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]