Talk:Maxime Weygand

message: Why did Weygand prevent General Georges from counter attacking the German salient upon taking over from Gamelin, only to reinstate the "order" (which Gamelin had so poorly phrased as to be advice rather than orders) 48 hours later when it was too late ? Was it just to assert his authority ?--Streona (talk) 17:25, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly. Or, more likely, it was in order to allow the Germans to advance! The overwhelming impression I get of the invasion of France is that certain high-up members of the armed forces and government wanted the Germans to invade - and did all they could to make sure it happened. You have to remember the fear which these people held of their own left-wing. They thought Hitler would be the better of the two options. That he would merely remove the political left of France and then leave this upper class elite to run the country. Obviously they were very wrong. Wembwandt (talk) 09:14, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Instruction No.12

message: Was he known as Maxime de Nimal until he was recognised by the elder Weygand? Jackiespeel (talk) 16:52, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: The young Weygand

message: The article says he was arrested after the war, but then cleared of all charges. Also interesting that he was raised in a Jewish household but then appears to have carried out anti-Semitic acts. All this should be better clarified and explained. Beebop211 (talk) 19:32, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collaborationist or not? 

message: The wiki page on Petain says 'Weygand had been at the British Army 1934 manoeuvres at Tidworth Camp in June and was appalled by what he had seen.'
:Could we have some explanation of what he had seen? Valetude (talk) 14:32, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weygand in England 

message: The article says he and his wife "had a younger son Jacques"; did they have an older son too? This is curious phrasing. Biblioteqa (talk) 17:31, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  younger son? 

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message: Nb, there are some other biographies in English that seem reasonably recent.
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The former is an Indiana University Press publication. The latter is by, it seems, a professor emeritus at Brock University. The interwar period is not at all my speciality but it seems these sources might be useful. The former seems reasonably cited by others. 
There seems to be some criticism of the latter as too hagiographic. Whether that is valid is beyond me to say.  See also  Perhaps a bit less condemnatory, 
Regardless, I would like to see some expansion on the 20 years or so of life Weygand had after 1945. Ifly6 (talk) 20:46, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some other biographies in English