Talk:Battle of Drøbak sound

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The information on this page is from the article about the fortress of Oscarsborg. But the Oscarsborg article contains information that isn't relevant for the battle of Drøbak sound. This article is supposed to evolve in to a proper Battle article. The Battle of Drøbak is one of the single most important events in Norwegian WWII history. Please let the article live. Inge 19:01, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

In addition this article does not meet the criteria.

§4 A substantially identical copy, by any title, of a page that was deleted according to the deletion policy. The original article has not been deleted and does not meet the deletion policy.Inge 19:09, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ar-196s lost on the Blücher

Three Arado Ar-196 seaplanes were lost on the Blücher. Should this be mentioned, or left out? I vote mention, due to the fact that these were potent aircraft and this battle being one of the early losses of such machines. Manxruler 14:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Why leave it out if it happened? The air power situation in Norway in these early days/months were peanuts compared to later years and events of the war. The Norwegian Air Force was almost non-existant , but the Germans too had few such resources in place at the time. So allthough three such planes would perhaps be trivial to mention in later events I feel a mention is merited here. Inge 15:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Good, then we're agreed on that mather. I felt that being that they were onboard Blücher and were lost with her, they should be mentioned. I just got some trouble with User:Kurt Leyman continously deleting any mention of said three aircraft, calling it "silly" to include them in the article. I'll put them back in now. Manxruler 15:58, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

It seems it is impossible to retain any mention of the Arado Ar 196s. User:Kurt Leyman is evidently intent to start a edit war and remove them everytime I put them in there, using somewhat inaccurate arguments to justify his actions. What to do? --Manxruler 18:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

No one is trying to start an edit war. Do not try to black paint me. "using somewhat inaccurate arguments to justify his actions" I have nothing to say to this. --Kurt Leyman 03:28, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Right. You're just doing everything that signifies an edit war, but you're "not trying to start one". That's right, you don't have anything to say to this, you're happy just reverting in eternity. Come on, actually explain your actions properly. That's the least to be expected of anyone. --Manxruler 04:49, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

These Arados would not have been used for seperate operations in any case. Ship based planes operated WITH ships and would have not been used for Luftwaffe operations. That is what is relevant. --Kurt Leyman 16:14, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

They were lost with the Blücher, thus they belong on the loss list. The end. Manxruler 20:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

What does the aircrafts' connection to the Kriegsmarine have to do with anything? or what role they had? There were there, they were destroyed, the were lost. They were lost, therefore they belong on the loss list.Manxruler 13:07, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

And if you absolutely need a "operational" role for the Ar 196s in Operation Weserübung then here's one: They were used for recon, as is shown by the example of the Ar 196 that was interred in west Norway 8 April 1940, having gotten lost while reconning for the invasion force. Manxruler 13:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)