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The first time I read this page I had read a full screen's worth of text before I realised that the numbers that prefix paragraphs are dates. I was reading times, but couldn't work out at first which dates those times related to. For the sake of clarity, may I suggest using ordinals? (e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) NostinAdrek ( talk) 12:59, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
For 2nd September 1939 it says this "The National Service (Armed Forces) Act (1939) was enacted immediately and enforced full conscription on all males between 18 and 41 resident in the UK." Then at the 2nd December 1939 it says this "British conscription is increased to cover men from 19 to 41." So basically saying that conscription covered all males from 18 to 41, and then was later increased to cover males from 19 to 41. What is wrong here? -OOPSIE- ( talk) 02:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
You state that "(october) 27: Pope Pius XII's encyclical condemns racism and dictatorships." Normally you should quote the name of the encyclical. I'm afraid you are referring to Pius XI's famous encyclical " mit Brennender Sorge", which dates from 1937. For the record, Pius XII has been largely acknowledged as pro german, and pro nazI. Alexandre Rongellion ( talk) 20:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC) ON Wikipedia's Pius XII's page, on the contrary, it is stated that Pius XII refused to condemn the Poland invasion, which was considered as a betrayal by Polish catholics. If there is no further remark or opposition, I propose to cancel that entry, and change it with a quotation from Wikipedia's Pius XII page : " Pius XII's refusal to censure the German invasion and annexation of Poland was regarded as a "betrayal" by many Polish Catholics and clergy " Alexandre Rongellion ( talk) 20:53, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
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Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS Athenia, a British cruise ship en route from Glasgow, Scotland to Montreal, Quebec, Canada is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles (400 km) Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed.
I think it's important to note that this was widely regarded as a war crime. Maybe a short sentence saying that. I propose:
Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS Athenia, a British cruise ship en route from Glasgow, Scotland to Montreal, Quebec, Canada is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles (400 km) Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed in what was widely conceived as a war crime.
And perhaps hyperlink "war crime" to /info/en/?search=War_crime
2601:645:C000:AE10:9C7C:23FD:B029:3F26 ( talk) 11:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
30th of September 1939, it reads, citing the article "French forces on the French-German border fall back to the Maginot Line in anticipation of a German invasion", and then, 4th of October 1939 "The French forces retreat from the Saarland in Germany, and return behind the Maginot Line.". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.114.34.19 ( talk) 21:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Back in May 2023, these changes were made to the format of the month of September. The revised format was considerably less compact and is different from the format used for all the other Timeline of WWII pages. Today, an effort was made to extend that format to all the months of 1939. There may be an issue with text-to-speech conversion, but I reverted back to the original format for consistency. Please discuss if there is a desire to change all the timeline pages to that kind of revised format. Tarl N. ( discuss) 08:23, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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The first time I read this page I had read a full screen's worth of text before I realised that the numbers that prefix paragraphs are dates. I was reading times, but couldn't work out at first which dates those times related to. For the sake of clarity, may I suggest using ordinals? (e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) NostinAdrek ( talk) 12:59, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
For 2nd September 1939 it says this "The National Service (Armed Forces) Act (1939) was enacted immediately and enforced full conscription on all males between 18 and 41 resident in the UK." Then at the 2nd December 1939 it says this "British conscription is increased to cover men from 19 to 41." So basically saying that conscription covered all males from 18 to 41, and then was later increased to cover males from 19 to 41. What is wrong here? -OOPSIE- ( talk) 02:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
You state that "(october) 27: Pope Pius XII's encyclical condemns racism and dictatorships." Normally you should quote the name of the encyclical. I'm afraid you are referring to Pius XI's famous encyclical " mit Brennender Sorge", which dates from 1937. For the record, Pius XII has been largely acknowledged as pro german, and pro nazI. Alexandre Rongellion ( talk) 20:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC) ON Wikipedia's Pius XII's page, on the contrary, it is stated that Pius XII refused to condemn the Poland invasion, which was considered as a betrayal by Polish catholics. If there is no further remark or opposition, I propose to cancel that entry, and change it with a quotation from Wikipedia's Pius XII page : " Pius XII's refusal to censure the German invasion and annexation of Poland was regarded as a "betrayal" by many Polish Catholics and clergy " Alexandre Rongellion ( talk) 20:53, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
An image used in this article,
File:Warsaw1939parade.jpg, has been nominated for speedy deletion at
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Here:
Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS Athenia, a British cruise ship en route from Glasgow, Scotland to Montreal, Quebec, Canada is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles (400 km) Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed.
I think it's important to note that this was widely regarded as a war crime. Maybe a short sentence saying that. I propose:
Within hours of the British declaration of War, SS Athenia, a British cruise ship en route from Glasgow, Scotland to Montreal, Quebec, Canada is torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 250 miles (400 km) Northwest of Ireland. 112 passengers and crew members are killed in what was widely conceived as a war crime.
And perhaps hyperlink "war crime" to /info/en/?search=War_crime
2601:645:C000:AE10:9C7C:23FD:B029:3F26 ( talk) 11:49, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
30th of September 1939, it reads, citing the article "French forces on the French-German border fall back to the Maginot Line in anticipation of a German invasion", and then, 4th of October 1939 "The French forces retreat from the Saarland in Germany, and return behind the Maginot Line.". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.114.34.19 ( talk) 21:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Back in May 2023, these changes were made to the format of the month of September. The revised format was considerably less compact and is different from the format used for all the other Timeline of WWII pages. Today, an effort was made to extend that format to all the months of 1939. There may be an issue with text-to-speech conversion, but I reverted back to the original format for consistency. Please discuss if there is a desire to change all the timeline pages to that kind of revised format. Tarl N. ( discuss) 08:23, 3 September 2023 (UTC)