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To-do list for Eastern Front (World War II): edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2017-11-08 Short mentioning of fear of the German people of Soviets due to propaganda and real atrocities e.g. Nemmersdorf massacre which caused even mass suicide and caused the German military to fight the Soviet to the end and surrender to the other Allies (should probably have a hotlink to unconditional surrender somewhere in there). Give a sourced overview on casualties counts. Wartime economies, military production, Soviet industrial evacuation/relocation Priority 2

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Article states the following "At 03:15 on 22 June 1941, 99 of 190 German divisions, including fourteen panzer divisions and ten motorized, were deployed against the Soviet Union from the Baltic to the Black Sea. They were accompanied by ten Romanian divisions, three Italian divisions, two Slovakian divisions and nine Romanian and four Hungarian brigades".

This is most certainly not true, because Hungary only declared war against the Soviet Union on June 27th and so couldn't have supplied any brigades for the original invasion 5 days before. The source for this I cannot review directly, as the reference points to an offline Russian book published in 1973. My source: https://web.archive.org/web/20160505212551/https://worldatwar.net/timeline/other/diplomacy39-45.html

Btw, in light of this error, it might generally be useful to review any other info sourced from the 1973 Russian book. As you might know, during the Soviet era, certain historical events really weren't publishe in th official histories as they actually had happened. I recommend Antony Beevor instead, he's got nice war books, and he's not publishing in a totalitarian state which was a direct participant in the conflict the page is about.

Photo description wrong

Top 6 photos.Last photo to the right is a Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph.Photo not complete.Half of photo is missing.

Italy's infobox link

Hello. For those who are wondering about my recent edit. There's a discussion in Wikipedia: WikiProject Military history relating the use of Fascist Italy or the Kingdom of Italy on infobox (in general), unfortunately its already been archived. It's already been agreed that the Kingdom of Italy is the one should be used in infoboxes. And for Fascist Italy, this one should only be used on the body of article if it is supported by a reliable source. Thanks PrimeNick (talk) 15:56, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Main reason for Axis defeat

The statement that the Eastern Front was the main reason for the Axis defeat is clearly a bias statement, it’s one of the main reasons, but in no way was the main reason. Stalin allied with the UK and the US because he was smart enough to understand that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, for now. So the Western nations and the rest of the world stormed Normandy and took down the Axis powers through Western Europe and liberated, France, Holland, Denmark, Greece etc. etc. While the Soviets, around 6 million strong which is insanely incredible, steamrolled over Eastern Europe, and we met outside Berlin. ZakPJones (talk) 01:05, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have reliable sources to back up your claims? ~2025-32054-40 (talk) 18:56, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A simple google search explains how significant the Western front of the war was in regards to the defeat of the Nazis. But if I actually need to provide sources for something that’s obvious, how do I provide those sources, where do I send the source links/explanation articles. ZakPJones (talk) 23:14, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]