Template talk:Campaignbox World War II
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Needed?
Since we've got
- Actually, I would turn that one into normal campaignboxes instead. There's really no need to have these huge templates everywhere (although {{World War II}} is far worse in this regard). 02:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've started a discussion of this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/World War II task force, where hopefully more people will notice it and take part. Kirill Lokshin 02:29, 12 August 2006 (UTC)]
- I've started a discussion of this at
Kirill you beat me to it. I was about to restore your version but you and I had an edit clash. :-) --
- Ah, no problem. :-) Kirill Lokshin 21:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Yugoslavian front
The
- I agree aboutthe proposal for a "Balkans-Aegean sub-theater", including the 1940-41 Dodecanese Campaign, Special Operations, etc., as the current structure is too limited. Regards, Cplakidas 16:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)]
- I agree aboutthe proposal for a "Balkans-Aegean sub-theater", including the 1940-41
I went ahead and linked directly to
North West Europe?
When is it actually called this? Was Operation Dragoon part of the "North West Europe" campaign as well? The article is called western front, so why not "Western Front (1944-1945)"?
Ecuadoran-Peruvian war
I suggest it be deleted from the list of contemporaneous wars because, unlike the others, it bore no relation to WWII.93.183.226.30 (talk) 01:15, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
- Exactly what I was thinking, the Ecuadoran border conflict of 1941 has so relevance to WW2 other than they were fought at the same time. I am making changes now.--Az81964444 (talk) 07:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)]
Wikipedia 'experts' strike again
It seems to me that this 'information box' was created by someone uninformed on the definition of military campaign.
- Poland - is a country! There were at least two campaigns
- Phoney War - was part of the 1st Polish Campaign
- Denmark & Norway - there were two campaigns affecting these countries
- France & Benelux - was a theatre with at least two campaigns affecting these regions
- Britain - is a country! There were separate air and naval campaigns
- Balkans - is a region! There was a theatre in which there were at least three campaigns here: initial occupation, versus the partisans, and liberation
- Yugoslav Front - was the partisan campaign (above)
- Eastern Front - in fact is the German war against USSR, so a theatre, and included several campaigns seem from German and Soviet perspectives
- Finland - is a country! There was a series of operations part of the German campaigns
- Western Front (1944–45) - was a theatre with a series of campaigns
Asia & The Pacific
- China - is a country! There was in fact a theatre that included several Japanese, Chinese and Allied campaigns
- Pacific Ocean - is an ocean! In WW2 it was divided into several theatres, each included several campaigns
- South-East Asia - is a region! There was a theatre with several campaigns
- South West Pacific - is a region! There was a theatre within the Pacific Ocean
- Japan - is a country! In the military sense it was subject to a naval, and air and a proposed ground campaigns
- Manchuria (1945) - is a defunct state/region! The campaign conducted through it had objectives in China and Korea
Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa
Other Campaigns
- Atlantic - is an ocean! There were several campaigns in its three regions
- Strategic Bombing - is a type of air campaign! Several such campaigns were conducted by the major WW2 participants
- America - comes in the North and South varieties, and are continents! Several campaigns can be listed here
Contemporaneous Wars - don't belong in the Campaigns of WW2 info box! 220.238.43.188 (talk) 23:54, 19 March 2012 (UTC)