Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Battle of Wau

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Battle of Wau

Passed with three supports —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 07:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator(s): Hawkeye7 (talk)

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Another battle. Wau this time. The article is small, but so was the battle. Comments welcome. Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:34, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - (this version)
- One disambig, no problems with external links.
- Can we have an access date for ref #24?
- Sources look good. Another great article! —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 00:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent article which meets the criteria. As normal I have some suggestions, and these are:
- It's probably not fair to say that Kanga Force 'accomplished very little' given that it was too weak and lightly supplied to seriously bother the Japanese positions in the Huon Gulf and it seems to have been broadly successful in monitoring the Japanese bases and serving as a covering force for Wau

I deleted "very" and added words to that effect. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- From memory, Bradley is highly critical of the commander at Wau before the battle, but this isn't mentioned in the article. Should it be included?

Your memory is correct. Bradley is highly critical of Fleay, although not as much as McCarthy. The reason this isn't mentioned is that it occurred before the battle. I think it properly belongs in the Kanga Force article. I just sketched the story of Kanga Force. (I might add that Phil is a "muddy boots" historian not quick to reach such judgement.) Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- On what date did the action which begins 'The Japanese encountered a platoon of the 2/7th Independent Company...' take place?

On 16 January 1943. Added words to that effect. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- It's probably worth noting just how much C-47s could carry given that the article talks about plane loads - from memory, they could only carry a squad or so of troops per trip, which meant that the build up was going to be slow.

Your memory is right again. Lifting a brigade group required 361 planeloads. With only 10 aircraft available daily, the build up was going to be slow. And don't forget that supplies were coming up the river in dugout canoes. Have added some words to this effect. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- From memory, the Japanese hoped to stage a new attack on Wau after the first effort was defeated in January. Is this correct? - it's not in the article.

~~I could not find this. The Japanese sources on the March effort do not mention Wau, just reinforcement of Lae and Salamaua. Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)~~[reply]

Found it. Added this in to the article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:14, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nick-D (talk) 07:49, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, although more information on the Japanese perspective is needed to let this article make further advance. Wandalstouring (talk) 15:30, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added some more Japanese perspective but this is always hard to find. If you come across any more let me know and I will add it to the article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 19:14, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I've given it a minor little copyedit, and it looks great now. – Joe N utter 15:05, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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