Talk:Operation Dragoon

message: In the top of the map  it is indicated that Dijon is 37 miles to the north. This cannot be correct - Dijon is more 200 km, 124 miles to the north - and most likely refers to Lyon which is approximately 40 miles to the north. Given the historical character of the map, I don't think it should be edited. I will try to add a note to the file to indicate that this is most likely an error.
VincentVandalon (talk) 16:04, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Mistake map operation Dragoon

message: Ashley, with respect I will revert your deleting of Operation Span. The source is the official US Army History (the Green Book series) on this operation. Paul, in Saudi 16:47, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I use wikipedia alot, though this is my first time actually editing or suggesting something. I noticed the article said that the name change came form a quote from churchhill claiming he was "Dragooned into it"; in reality that was the common myth amoungst soldiers at the time but it turned out to be false. This is acourding to a reliable source, Airborne by E. M. Flanagan JR, Ballantine Books, Copyright 2002.
Since I'm new it would be apreciated if somebody else fixed this.
Lophoole 23:00, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've put the basic info into the para, surrounded by .  It's not a complete citation, but it's best to capture the basic information as soon as you can.  Another editor can always clean up the citation style.  Welcome to editing!LeadSongDog 16:48, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  correction 

message: There seem to be no sources to back up the casualties given. 2x4,500 versus 125,000 casualties also seems highly unlikely, US casualties were probably higher and German casualties lower. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.171.148.207 (talk) 09:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casualties? 

message: Note to any editors watching this page, though I doubt there are many. Please retain the books I've listed in the bibliography. I will come back to rewrite the article, but I feel that I need to gather more sources, particularly on the operations background. Skinny87 (talk) 20:09, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: Winston Churchill was very opposed to this operation and wished instead for the Allies to make landings in Greece and/or the Balkans (to prevent further Soviet influence) yet Roosevelt and Stalin had the final say. Shouldn't the article mention this briefly?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.76.80.178 (talk) 13:56, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think he was concerned more over the diversion of resources from Italy and Normandy. Operation Manna went ahead soon after Dragoon anyway. Jim Sweeney (talk) 15:09, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  It ist mentioned in the Background section. 2nd paragraph. StoneProphet (talk) 21:19, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Monty was certainly opposed to it on the grounds that the Balkans would have been the better option. It's in his memoirs. Valetude (talk) 18:06, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of Churchill's dismay? 

message: Hello, i am new but this video talks about the participation of italian POW and volunteers for this operation.
should this be included?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39BhaqucJzg
Sources: 'History of Prisoner-of-War Utilisation by the United States Army, 1776-1945' by George Glover Lewis & John Mewha (1978); 'Italian Service Unit Insignia' by Militarytrader.com; 'Italian Service Units' Wikipedia entry.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.216.180.25 (talk) 20:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian POW and volunteers participation not mentioned 

message: In the Aftermath section of the article, it says Stalin was given "a free hand to pursue his offensive efforts with more determination, allowing him to win the race towards Berlin and occupy the Balkans."
The part where it says, "allowing him to win the race towards Berlin." That's where I have a problem. As far as I'm aware of, Eisenhower and the other generals on the Western Front were not engaged in a race with Stalin for Berlin. I thought it had already been decided at a conference that Stalin and the Red Army would be the ones marching into Berlin?
Ilikelegosandroblox (talk) 04:51, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a Cold War-era thesis put forward by Chester Wilmot in The Struggle for Europe in 1950. It is not accepted by historians today. See Broad front versus narrow front controversy in World War II. And yes, it had already been decided at Tehran that the Red Army would be the one marching into Berlin. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:04, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "consequences lasting into the cold war"