Talk:Military history of France/Archive 1

message: The map of the french colonial empire is completely wrong, 
France never had such a large empire in India.
Somebody should correct this map.
I'm not too sure, but I believe the map covers trading connections more than territory annexed.UberCryxic 02:13, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Map

message: There are numerous public domain pictures related to French military history at the NYPL, although I'm not sure which should actually be included in this article.  Folder titles to browse include any that begin with "Army -- France". --brian0918™ 20:57, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures

message: The overview section seems pretty long, a bit unstructured, and there doesnt seem to be much of a divide between it and the start of the chronology (straight from Technology to Gaul & Franks). I will try to add more to Gaul section, but not sure about restructing the intro?. (forgot, Wombat)
I just added a bunch of stuff to France's position with other continental powers, but there's a hell of a lot that needs adding to nearly every other sections. Some sections have nothing, many are barely up to substub standard. I put an extra space between Technology and the next section; I'm not sure how well it works, but the change is more distinct. Perhaps the history section should be grouped into one big section?
: Makes more sense. How about a briefer overview section to start with, a grouped history & battles section, then summary/ themes/general military terms and the other lists that dont fit in anywhere else. Had a look at the other military histories, doesnt really seem to be an established layout yet. - 203.15.226.132 01:16, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overview 

message: Why the elimination of this section by 205.196.188.100?  I liked it and thought it useful, although we needed to blend it with the chronology somehow.... Pmeisel 03:25, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tactics and Technology 

message: "Moreover, his defeat freed up British troops to fight in the Americas that found American militia units an easier foe than Napoleon's crack troops."  -- I removed this because I found it inconsistent with the discussion of Napoleon's mass conscription and poorly trained troops.  Also, my studies don't bear out that British troops had less trouble with American militia than Napoleon -- when in reasonable numbers and well generaled they did pretty well against Napoleon.  Pmeisel 13:07, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistent comment 

message: What about French peacekeeping actions in Rwanda and other countries?
Zntrip
Peacekeeping during the genocide?  I thought that they came, got their nationals, then left.
Yeah, they nor any other country did anything until the very last stages of the genocide.--64.75.187.197 04:35, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peacekeeping 

message: Can someone add a bit about the structure and organisation of the Army during the Revolution  and before Napoleon? This was is time of great historical interest which shaped the modern concept of a citizen's army. this seems is completely uncovered in Wikipedia. (My knowledge is too sketchy to begin such an article) Thanks... Seabhcán 13:46, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revolutionary France 

message: Sorry about the potentially stupid question, but is this person Stanley D'Panseax for real?  I can't find any reference to him online (of course, other than wiki mirror pages) nor on fr.wikipedia.com.  Thanks. Julius.kusuma 17:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Stanley D'Panseax for real? 

message: The titles used for the History of the Armée de l'Air (Armée de l'Air (Part I: From birth to "Torch", 1909-1942), Armée de l'Air (Part II: Fighting for Free France, 1940-1945) and Armée de l'Air (Part III: End of empire in Indochina and Algeria, 1939-1962)) read like chapters from a novel. These articles should be moved to more comprehensive and encyclopedic titles (History of the Armée de l'Air (1909-1942), History of the Armée de l'Air (1940-1945), History of the Armée de l'Air (1939-1962)). These type of titles are widely used in History articles (see History of Portugal series). And also there seems to be a confusion about the period that each article describes (for example, the three articles describes the 1940-1942 period). CG 19:47, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. CG 17:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of the Armée de l'Air articles 

message: I think R Canton Woodville and Rousellot should be properly fixed due to lack of the names. Brandmeister 13:50, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing links 

message: ... the lead image has the following caption: "Ivry was the most important battle in the French Wars of Religion; victory there allowed a Protestant Henry to ascend to the French throne and establish the Bourbon dynasty, although he converted to Catholicism to soften the political transition."
Are we sure that is the reason he did this? How do we know he didn't genuinely convert to Roman Catholicism? I am not an RC myself (I am a Protestant), but for the sake of NPOV shouldn't we rephrase this? - Ta bu shi da yu 10:57, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question... 

message: "It is believed by some scholars that one of the driving forces behind the Crusades was an attempt by such landless knights to find land overseas, without causing the type of internecine warfare that would largely damage France's increasing military strength. However, such historiographical work on the Crusades is being challenged and rejected by a large part of the historical community."
(I had to modify it slightly, and in the process introduced a weasel word). Can we find out who believes that the driving forces behind the Crusades was an attempt by such landless knights to find land overseas. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:56, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Query