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Date?[edit]

"On the first day of World War II" - this phrase appears at the beginning of para 2 of the 'Herman Göring, Adolf Hitler's political heir' section.
I feel a bit uneasy about this phrase. Germany invaded Poland on 1 September, Britain and France declared war on the 3rd, the US did not enter the war until 1941. Some people will even argue that WWII started in 1937.
So I would say that the chance of confusion is rather high.

All this would be overcome by the simple substution of a date for "the first day of World War II".
The trouble is, I don't know which "day" is meant.

What do others think?

RASAM (talk) 11:14, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1937 - or 1938 with the invasion of Austria - or 1939 springtime with the (downrightly inimical) invasion of Rest-Czechia. Some even have said 1936 (Spanish civil war), but that would be far-fetched.--2001:A61:2162:CD01:2D94:9E38:E33C:C140 (talk) 13:13, 14 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

Provided the citations can be substantially improved, I believe the topic of this article is very notable. In addition to being an "event," it is also a text (record) (which, while not falling into a specific category category, nevertheless exempts it from being viewed purely as an event). It is primarily notable based the participants involved (high-ranking officials in World War II). It requires its own article because it does not fit properly into any one of those individuals' articles. 108.222.214.13 (talk) 18:54, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hermann Fegelein[edit]

The article says that Hitler had Fegelein shot in retaliation for Himmler's attempt to initiate negotiations with the Allies. The Wikipedia article on Fegelein, however, gives a less exalted reason for his execution: that he had abandon his post at the Fuhrerbunker and was caught at his apartment in Berlin in civilian clothes with a bag packed preparing to flee to Sweden. Thus he was charged with desertion on that basis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.242.248.88 (talk) 14:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]