Talk:Operation Doomsday

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 16, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
December 10, 2010	WikiProject A-class review	Not approved
October 29, 2011	Good topic candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 16, 2009. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that during Operation Doomsday, the British 1st Airborne Division suffered 34 casualties, despite the Second World War having ended several days previously?
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A class?[edit]

Are there any plans to nominate this article for A class status? From a quick read it looks to me like it would easily pass a nomination. Nick-D (talk) 10:43, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't really thought about it, to be honest. I'm not hugely active. The article is a complete as it can be with only English sources, as far as I can see, though. I'll have a think about it. Skinny87 (talk) 13:11, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have closed the ACR for this article as "no consensus" due to a couple of outstanding opposes. I hope this will not be too discouraging. Keep up the good work, BTW. Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 00:22, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Addressing POV bias[edit]

Since I raised the issue of a lack of balanced coverage of the German side in the ACR, here are a few things I turned up in poking at that issue that may help remedy the situation:

Boehme made a "defiant" yet obedient communique when the surrender reached him: link
above book also gives some more details on the power transition
some idea of what was planned for operations from Scandinavia (includes some counts of submarines based in Norway): link
Dönitz or Hitler had at one point issued orders that if northern Germany fell, naval war and/or resistance was to continue from/in Norway. This might explain Allied concerns over resistance, assuming evidence/intelligence of these orders fell into their hands. (sorry, lost the pointer to that one)
Madsen talks some about high-level German organization in the Arctic command
another source on uboat strength and other minor details
You have to say what happens to Quisling. Sources on his activities and those of the Norwegian resistance may shed further light on the "other side" of this action.

(If you need help with German translations, I can help. Norwegian, not so much.) Magic♪piano 20:19, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

20th Mountain Army OB 12 April 1945[edit]

Here's what's in the Army as of the given date:
XXXVI Korps: Panzer-Brigade Norwegen, MG Ski-Brigade Finnland
LXX Korps: 613, 274, 280 Infantrie Divisions
XXXIII Korps: 295, 702 Inf. Div., 14 Luftwaffe Felddivision
LXXI Korps: 230, 210 Inf. Div., Festung-Brigade Lofoten, 139 Gebirgs-Brigade, Brigade K, 503 Brigade
A.A. Narvik (XIX Korps): 193 Grenadier Brigade, 270. Inf.Div., 6. Gebirgs-Div., 193 Grenadier Brigade, Radfährer-Aufklärungs-Brigade Norwegen
Reserve: 7 Gebirgs-Division
I can provide a cite whenever needed. Note that I haven't proofed the titles of all these units.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 02:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Head of government?[edit]

I find this sentence strange: "Thorne was the de facto Head of Government of Norway until 7 June, when King Haakon returned". Because the king is not head of government, he is the head of state. Geschichte (talk) 09:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Molch In Norway[edit]

My father Major J A Forsythe MBE participated in Operation Doomsday. I understand he flew into Stavanger on 12th May 1945. That summer he took a number of photographs in Norway or so I understand. He died in 2004, I have the photos. Two of a Molch I put into Commons [1] and [2]. If anyone is able to use these or make comment I would be most interested.Robertforsythe (talk) 19:42, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]