Talk:Franz Böhme

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Doubtful dates

8 January 1945-16 October 1945: Armed Forces Commander of Norway and Commander-in-Chief of the 20th Mountain Army. [Böhme succeeded Generaloberst Dr. jur. Lothar Rendulic in both duty positions. -- Surely not? How could he have retained command of any German army units after the capitulation? -- Arwel 00:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"nazi army"

Is this phrase really accurate? Shouldn't it say "wehrmacht" or something more apolitical? -Alex. 12.220.157.93 11:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Reliability of sources cited

I deleted the book by Veit Scherzer as a source because the author published it himself. (He is the owner of the publishing house that published his book.) According to Wikipedia guidelines about self-published sources, the author should at least have been published by a reliable third-party publisher. Do you know of any work by him published by someone other then himself or do you know if he maybe has a degree in history? --Coffee leaf (talk) 23:51, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

His work has been described as a "masterpiece" by Prof. Dr. Franz W. Seidler of the Bundeswehr University Munich, and as an "indispensable reference book" by a section head of the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), the Wehrmacht records repository. That's good enough for me. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:55, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you on the WASt - that seems to me a good source, too. Where did you find the quotation ("indispensable reference book")? Prof. Dr. Seidler, however, seems to be criticized for advocating historical revisionism (according to the English and German Wikipedia articles about him, and at least the German one cites other historians). But then again, I have to admit Wikipedia articles are not reliable sources.--Coffee leaf (talk) 01:41, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is quoted on the cover of the book itself. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 03:39, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for answering all these questions.--Coffee leaf (talk) 12:45, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]