Talk:Entente Cordiale

message: "When Britain and France nearly married": BBC. and all after the english treachery against the french during the Suez Canal building... god saves the providence and dieu et mon droit. a section would worth it. Cliché Online 13:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just amazing! 

message: I have tried to explain in the best possible way what "Entente Cordiale" means in french. - But it is neither friendly (That would be "amical"), nor an understanding (That would be an "accord"). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.102.244 (talk) 22:44, 1 April 2007‎ (UTC)
I am not a linguist, but would have assumed the closest translation would surely be "cordial intention"? I believe this has the same etymology as entente cordiale. However the Oxford English Dictionary does express the phrase as meaning "A friendly understanding". - REB 26th March 2008  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.95.199 (talk) 11:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: I removed the following paragraph. 
"Convinced that they had British support, the French became ever more belligerent in their attitude towards the Germans, fully demonstrated in the Moroccan crises of 1905 and 1911.[opinion needs balancing] Concerned by possible encirclement, the Germans grew ever more alienated. An arrangement that had been intended to improve Britain's standing in the world merely added to the tensions within Europe, and became just another milestone on the road to the Great War[citation needed]."
There are two breach of WP:NOP. First a judgement non substanciated on a change of attitude from the French, second a suggestion that the agreement was not good for Britain and was actually a positive factor leading to the war. This is controversial argument which is certainly not the one the historiography has adopted. Who could say that war would have been less likely without the agreement? Without disrespect for Germany, it is fair to state that in 1870 as in 1914 the German state opted for an invasion, "Entente Cordiale" or not.Gpeilon (talk) 00:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: perhaps you can explain why you find the representation of that point of view more problematic than The change had its roots in a British loss of confidence after the Second Boer War, and a growing fear that the country was isolated in the face of a potentially aggressive Germany. Hidden behind this vague trope-laden word salad, it is glossed over that the UK had a growing fear of no longer being the world hegemon and no longer living off the world at everyone's expense, with no power of equal size and ability. This notion of a world conqueror like the UK being a vigilant watchman "forever determined to stem aggression" is real cute, though. And for the record, France invaded Germany in 1870, not the other way around. Please don't tell me your Ph.D is in history, because this is extremely basic knowledge. Asa3432 (talk) 22:44, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Role of the Entente in the path to the war 

message: In Christopher Clark's book on the outbreak of World War I, in the third chapter, he suggests that Britain in approaching France had less Germany in mind than Russia, and the imperial competition with it. What is the opinion here? Should the article touch on this point? -- And Rew 21:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Entente aimed against Germany or Russia 

message: As it says on the tin. Suggestions on how to do this? Or please don't be shy to feel wp:bold & just . Cheers, walk victor falk talk 10:39, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The Entente cordiale didn't really exist formally after World War I. 108.207.32.2 (talk) 08:55, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I am removing the tag on the article. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: This article should be expanded to cover the [[interwar]] & WWII

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message: ″The Entente was not a formal alliance and did not involve close collaboration, nor was it intended to be directed against Germany. However, it paved the way for a stronger relationship between France and Britain in the face of German aggression.″ – that's a little bit biased in my view. There was no ″German aggression″ at the time and French politicians clearly pursued a policy of encirclement of Germany by forging alliances with Russia and Britain. --Furfur ⁂  Diskussion 17:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: our views don't matter - only matters what the RS states 2603:6080:21F0:6140:387D:58AF:CDF4:732F (talk) 22:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  ″A stronger relationship between France and Britain in the face of German aggression″