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"Fortunately, these World War I-era small arms, the Lee-Enfield rifle, Bren light machine gun " - the Bren is not WWI error but a mid-30s design (froma mid-20s one) that entered service with the British in 1938. Was the Lewis gun meant? GraemeLeggett ( talk) 12:14, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Graeme, I spotted that too and have amended it. I don't know of any WW2 ground usage of Lewis guns incidentally. Mungo Shuntbox ( talk) 10:36, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Whats with the bold volumes in the reference section? OKelly ( talk) 02:28, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Should "escorted by increasingly fewer guards whom the rifle companies could afford to detach" actually read "escorted by increasingly fewer guards whom the rifle companies could ill afford to detach"?
The former implies that the rifle companies were sending back large numbers of prisoners unescorted (yes I know this did happen when the volume of Italian surrenders got sufficient), but I think at this relatively early point it's more likely to be the latter? -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 00:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
The Italian casualty figures appear to be cited to the wrong source. Stockings gives 36,000 captured (along with those killed and wounded). The OH does not go into that detail, and basically states overall numbers are unknown. Anyone with a bit more knowledge of the subject and article want to take a look at the citation? EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 23:54, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
@ Hawkeye; was that me? Keith-264 ( talk) 21:24, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
Do we have a source/reference for File:WesternDesertBattle Area1941 en.svg? A455bcd9 ( talk) 11:29, 10 December 2022 (UTC)