Talk:Battle of Leros

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message: Many, many years ago I read a book about the Battle of Leros and I remember it stating that this was the last time, after the victory, that the Nazi Germany victory fanfare was sounded on German radio. Has anybody ever heared about that one or even have a reliable source? EA210269 (talk) 12:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Victory fanfare 

message: As now, this article looks like the only defenders of Leros were the British. This is not only false, because italian coastal and AA batteries pounded heavily german boats and stukas, but also counter-landing italians squads fighted Brandeburghers and Fallschirmjaegers, causing heavy losses. One of the reasons of german victory was the undecision of Brittorous at first and of Tilney afterwards, in ordering a counterattack while still detaining control of central part of the island and of key positions (batteries, airport and port). Many italians were shot after surrender by germans for the fierce resistence, and twelve officers were killed some days later. A great amount of ammunitions for the italian batteries, sent by Supermarina via Alexandria of Egypt was blocked there for unkonwn reasons and a mimimum part finally reached Leros on board of destroyers Velite and Artigliere. This description is totally inaccurate and if you want more informations please consult Aldo Levi, Avvenimenti in Egeo dopo l'armistizio (Rodi, Lero e isole minori), Roma, Ufficio storico della Marina Militare, 1993. (no ISBN); this book is written by an italian admiral and printed by the Historical Office of the Italian Navy. Also useful can be the corrisponding article on Italian wiki, it:Battaglia di Lero. Pigr8 Melius esse quam videri 11:47, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Great! Go ahead and add anything you like, provided it is well-sourced. --Constantine   ✍  12:24, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm undoubtedly bold, but also very busy with an article running for Fearured article, another 80+k in completiond, a WikiProject, it:Progetto:Marina needing constant care and many adds every day, on it.wiki. Great! If you think to fix the voice, I'll try to help you, elsewhere keep in mind that a skill user with 20+k contributions probably knows policies and pages like WP:SOFIXIT. It doesn't suffice having an article on Watchlist, you must also take care of it. Bye. --Pigr8 Melius esse quam videri 12:33, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, I don't disagree with the essence of your comments. But I also think a veteran editor knows that simply pointing out an article's deficiencies at the talk page will, by itself, get nothing done. The bias you pointed out is true but also understandable, as the article is based on easily available English-language sources, and not Italian ones, to which most people around here (including me, sadly) have no access. So if you have access to some good sources, and are interested in and know a thing or two about the period, the best thing to do is to put this article on your schedule for a rewrite. Constantine   ✍  17:03, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, this is a very different answer respsct to the previous. But the problem is that time is limited for all of us. I'm glad I haven't found another possessive user like some others that take every change on some articles as a personal challenge, as I did a pair of days ago, and so I'll try to work on it as I can, and also to vector some other forces here ;) But, anyway, I could not leave the article as it was, time or not time, and if I was on it.wiki I has done exactly the same. Incidentally, I'l be glad to cooperate on any article with you and to exchange documentation where possible. Just as example, I suggest this site if you can translate from italian. Bye. --Pigr8 Melius esse quam videri 12:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: What about now?--Olonia (talk) 11:38, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: The British and Italian casualties listed in the Infobox are quite different from those mentioned in the "Casualties" section. What are the correct figures?--188.152.96.79 (talk) 19:36, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. Besides, for Italian casualties, there is something strange: Italian forces are listed as 8,320, with casualties being 254 killed or missing and 5,350 prisoners. That is, 5,600 overall. Where did the other 2,700 go?--Olonia (talk) 12:05, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casualties 

message: The infobox is slightly bare, and makes no mention of German Air superiority; it being such an important part of the battle after Kos, it perhaps should be mentioned for the benefit of those visiting the article casually. With the heavy German air power mentioned in the body of the article, could someone add the German air forces to the infobox who knows what they are? Alooulla (talk) 22:22, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  German Air Superiority