Talk:Henri Giraud

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[edit] Tangentially connected info

Most of the section headed "Cooperation with the Allies" appears to belong on the page for Operation Torch, rather than here. After the first paragraph the information is not about Giraud. I do not know enough about the subject to incorporate the data into the Operation Torch page myself. Molinari 20:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I've moved the original text to Talk:Operation Torch, and trimmed it down by several sentences. It still seems to go into too much extraneous detail, though. --Dhartung | Talk 23:24, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transitions

How did Giraud go from refusing to cooperate with the Germans to making contact with the Allies and getting on a British sub? There's a story there. Also, there should be some clarification of how either he was, or wasn't, an acceptable leader to the Allies. He seems to have been treated as a UK/US plant in the Darlan puppet government, but still wasn't acceptable to the Free French or particularly friendly to them. We should have more information on this, and not just vague comments like "enraged De Gaulle". Sounds like maybe they had personal ambition or principled differences that go way back, and that he certainly considered himself independent of De Gaulle or even perhaps more legitimate, but ultimately lost the political battle. --Dhartung | Talk 23:29, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MILHIST Assessment

Length & detail are good overall, and I love that there's a picture. But I think the intro needs some work. It does properly summarize the most important aspects of the subject, along with its significance. But I feel like it implies that he was captured during WWI and didn't escape until WWII. Expand a bit in the intro on other elements of his life. And there must be references! LordAmeth 00:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)