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Reviewer: AustralianRupert (talk · contribs)


I will review this article for GA. AustralianRupert (talk) 03:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments: G'day, I have a few suggestions. Not sure if the sources exist to answer some of my questions below...if not, no worries. Anyway, these are my suggestions: AustralianRupert (talk) 04:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • with six infantry battalions and artillery, engineers, signals with a major general in command it seems that the independent mixed brigades were more like division minuses. I wonder if it would be possible to mention something about the reasoning behind this? Do the sources say?
    • That's a really good question - I've added a short para in the notes on this. Basically IMBs were second or third-tier units which ended up in front line combat as the Japanese Army had nothing better to use. Nick-D (talk) 10:33, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • do we know roughly how many personnel the brigade had?
  • do we know if the brigade's personnel were conscripts or regulars?
  • where in Japan did the brigade's constituent units form, and embark?
  • capitalisation: " 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th independent mixed brigades..." --> " 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th Independent Mixed Brigades..."?
  • " the survivors of the 56th Independent Mixed Brigade were concentrated in locations selected by the Australian forces" --> I assume that they were eventually returned to Japan, can something along these lines be added?
    • The sources don't say what happened to them, though this is doubtlessly correct. However a lot of Japanese POWs died of disease after the general surrender (due to their poor physical condition prior to this time), and I fear that this brigade would have continued to suffer heavy losses given the terrible experiences its personnel were put through. Nick-D (talk) 10:33, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • the lead says the brigade was disbanded after the war, but the body doesn't mention this
  • " Southern Expeditionary Army Group" appears to be overlinked
  • the link for the 20th Brigade seems to point to the 24th Brigade
  • in the Bibliography, Pratten should appear before Rottman for alphabetical order

Criteria

  • It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  • It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  • It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  • It is stable.
    No edit wars etc.:
  • It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
    a (tagged and captioned): b (Is illustrated with appropriate images): c (non-free images have fair use rationales): d public domain pictures appropriately demonstrate why they are public domain':
  • Overall:
    a Pass/Fail: