Talk:Battle of the Scheldt

message: Hi. I've just read this article for the first time, and I'm very impressed. Good work! Checking the current Wikipedia:Featured articles, there are no major Canadian battles listed -- although the Military history of Canada and the Battle of Normandy have both reached featured status.
The Battle of the Scheldt was one of the most important Canadian contributions in WWII, and I'd like to see it recognized. Should we try to reach featured status by November 8, the anniversary date of the end of all German 
resistance?
::Well I'm moving back to Edmonton to Toronto this weekend but during the next week, I'd love to delve into the Scheldt again. Not sure what else needs to be explored to make a good candidate, but I'm certainly willing to take some direction from those that have worked on featured articling before.Oldsoul 09:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Try for featured article status by November 8th anniversary? 

message: I have given this one A because I think it has the potential for FA status, although I believe more on the German side would be necessary for it to reach that level. Andreas 12:50, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rating 

message: Should these get their own article?  If so, I should think that the section here could form a good basis of it. Andreas 15:10, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infatuate I & II 

message: While the article is very well written, it unfortunately contains barely any references and as such it cannot become a good article. Although inline citations would be preferable this is not essential, but you do need to cite the sources that you get your information from or, alternatively, that you use to verify the information in the article. It has been added to the appropriate WikiProject for referencing. -- Underneath-it-All 16:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]] [[Wikipedia:Good articles/Nominations|nomination]] has failed 

message: If I'm not mistaken, were there not elements of French commandos who also participated in this battle?  If so, they have been left out.  15:06 , 8/15/2007
Frequently, recipients of the Military Cross are mentioned.  My uncle, Major Robert (Bob) Schwob of the Royal Montreal Regiment, won one for valor on Oct 6 1944 in this battle.  See half way down this page: https://royalmontrealregiment.com/history/ .  Please consider this.   Thank you.  chrismorton7@gmail.com  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.96.23 (talk) 17:21, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Detail missing 

message: The article lists the German POWs at 41,000. As no one has disputed that I transfered that number to the summary box since it had German Casualties as unknown but the numbers of POWs stated in the concluding paragraph. -- Wokelly (talk) 20:48, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  German POWs 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Furnesflooding.jpg

message: During the period of the Battle of the Scheldt the town of Antwerp was subjected to intensive bombardment by VIs and VIIs. 
Fortunately Allied units were able to detect and destroy about 90% of the incoming before it landed. This was largely due to the development of practicable radar devices and Allied control of the air space. 
Even so there were notable catastrophes, with close to a thousand people being killed when a cinema was hit. 
The target was of course Antwerp's docks, which had been captured more or less intact. 
Maybe it would be appropriate to give some account of the V weapon bombardment of Antwerp in this article. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 01:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: IIRC, the real - and not stated at the time - reason for the Battle of the Scheldt was to push the nearest V-2 rocket firing areas out of range of London. Once forced out of the Scheldt there was no German-occupied area within V-2 range of London, and hence the V-2 attacks on London ceased. That's possibly why Antwerp received them instead.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.221.50 (talk) 10:53, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  V bombs 

message: The article certainly requires references, and in particular it tries to claim credit for Monty though he delayed it (and the opening of the port to shipping!). The comment under Background that "Operation Market Garden succeeded in forming a buffer between Germany and Antwerp" needs a source. Have added quotes under “Controversy” sourced to Antony Beevor. Hugo999 (talk) 05:28, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I am not the only one who noticed this is a nonsensical claim. Market Garden formed a salient that was drain on Allied resources, not a help. It is good that somebody else noticed that. --A.S. Brown (talk) 21:21, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually Market Garden whilst failing in its objective actually liberated a considerable part of Holland from German occupation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.11.221 (talk) 13:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additions to Controversy 

message: Sorted out some red links on the citations.Keith-264 (talk) 12:55, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  CE 

message: Hello - this is the first time I have done this, so I am asking for help and open to how to accomplish my goal.
My deceased uncle, Robert Schwob, won an MC for his valor during the Leopold Canal action on Oct 6, 1944.  It seems like Wikipedia commonly acknowledges MC winners.  Can we add this?  I have collected images of the citation and the public record of it, and would be happy to provide these to you
Thanks in advance
Montreal Mort Montreal Mort (talk) 14:24, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request to include Military Cross recipient in Leopold Canal section