Talk:Kehlsteinhaus

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[edit] Allied Capture

Some discussion on the "Allied capture" section. I recently removed stuff from other articles. Tried to limit the capture section to just the Kehlsteinhaus topic, not Berchtesgaden, not Berghof (Hitler). Beanbatch 19:52, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Noticed your changes. I've been in touch with the original author of the paragraph in question and we agreed that the course of events was likely different. Unfortunately, I don't believe your version is entirely accurate either. The reason for that claim is the following World War II magazine article: The Eagle's Nest: The Last Great Prize.

It appears that Dick Winters has read it, as he has sent in a request for correction. It pertained to the command of the 2nd battalion, not to the course of events as recounted in the article per se. I'd consider this to be the most accurate source I've found so far. I've lived in Berchtesgaden for some time, so this topic is of quite some interest to me...

Best

Jbetak 21:20, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't know who really captured the Kehlsteinhaus first. I just tried to clean up this section, copied verbatim from other articles, to focus just on Kehlsteinhaus. If what is left is not correct, it should be fixed. I think we do know who looted it first. That would be the 101st. Several soldiers from the 506th have personal items they looted from there. If someone else was first, they didn't take much with them. Beanbatch 19:57, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The elevator

This is really a rather pointless pointless question, but in the Band of Brothers mini-series, the elevator was said to have been plated with gold. Was it originally plated in gold, or was it polished brass to begin with? jak722 17:54 06, June 2006

[edit] Article style

I can't be sure, but either the originator of this article or one of its editors seems to be a non-native English speaker. A case in point is the word 'Mio' used in '150 Mio Euros'. A quick Google search seems to indicate that this is primarily used in the German language as an abbreviation of 'million', and is therefore not strictly an English word, although it is used in 'European English', rather like Lufthansa stewards who ask people in English to turn off their 'handies', the word for mobile (cellular) phone in German, but not an English word.

Furthermore, the style does grate in places, tending to translationese. Such as the sentence which ends "... Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party". Oh, Bold textthatBold text Adolf Hitler?! Also, can an elevator really be said to 'span' last 124 metres up to the Kehlsteinhaus? Other examples:

"...he suffered migraines and other balance problems whilst at the higher altitudes of the Kehlsteinhaus." Can a single location have more than one altitude?

Also, both spellings of metre/meter are used in the article. I think either one or the other should be used.