Talk:Devizes Plot
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A fact from Devizes Plot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 June 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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More Sources[edit]
If anyone has access to the following:
- The London Cage (by Scotland), though note what's already said in the literature section by Normann
- The London Cage (by Helen Fry)
- Newspapers covering the plot at the time, in particular there was apparently significant coverage of the trial of Rosterg's murderers according to De Normann ( [1] etc)
Please let me know or expand the article with them. Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 21:46, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
- Also "The March on London" by Charles Whiting (this one is on openlib), Hitler's hangmen by Gerwarth might have something. Pahunkat (talk) 08:12, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 20:07, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
- ... that if the Devizes Plot had been successful, 7,000 German prisoners of war would have escaped and attacked RAF Yatesbury? Source: https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/nostalgia/2386661.grisly-tale-of-revenge/ , Whiting, The March on London, p. 72, 177
- ALT1: ... that the failure of the Devizes Plot led to the lynching of a German prisoner of war, who was incorrectly accused of being an informant? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/23/secondworldwar.comment
- ALT2: ... that two Americans were awarded the Bronze Star Medal for uncovering the Devizes Plot? Source: De Normann, For Führer and Fatherland, p.98
- Reviewed:
- Comment: This article was a pain to write thanks to sources managing to contradict each other in various ways. These three hooks seem relatively uncontested. All book sources are available on the open library for verification.
Pahunkat (talk) 20:49, 15 May 2024 (UTC).
- Approved ALT0–2: Article is new enough, long enough, well-cited to reliable sources, presentable, and with no policy issues detected (neutrality, BLP, copyvio). Non-boldlinked articles in hooks also look presentable, with no maintenance banners. Hooks are formatted and of good length, with hook facts cited in article. Verified hook fact for ALT0, ALT1. AGF for ALT2 (pages 88–101 of De Normann not available at open library). QPQ waived. I feel that ALT0 is the most interesting of the three. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:35, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
British POW case[edit]
More context on this use by the Germans to support an affirmative defense would be appreciated. Was it decided that the circumstances were substantially different or did the British simply hang the Germans for the same crime because they weren't their own people? 100.40.29.79 (talk) 01:18, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
- I’ll have a look in a bit, De Normann’s coverage of the trial was pretty comprehensive if I remember correctly so hopefully there’ll be something. Pahunkat (talk) 01:44, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
discrepancy[edit]
in the 'Lynching of Wolfgang Rosterg' section it states he was beaten to death, but in the following section, Conviction of murderers, it states 'An autopsy of Rosterg's body determined that he had died of strangulation.' Potholehotline (talk) 03:40, 13 June 2024 (UTC)