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Contents 1 Query 2 Back out to sea 3 query 4 Removed reference 5 Pictures 6 British Survivors? 7 Number of casualties

[edit] Query

Hello everyone - what was a tar baby in this context? Regards, Notreallydavid 04:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Back out to sea

I think it would be worth mentioning that the reason Durrant got a VC was mostly due to the testimony of the German destroyer's Captain who admired the sheer bravery of the man. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.251.252.7 (talk) 18:09, 2 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] query

In the second paragraph ("Despite teaming up with a regular soldier unit in the town, the commandos were either killed or captured.") what is this 'teaming up'? Were there regular British infantry at St. Nazaire? Or is this some kind of erroneous reference to the arrival of a German army unit? HowardSelsam 17:13, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Is there a detailed source for the raid. Involving a minor dispute concernig David Irvings details on the raid. It appears that Irving said 6? laborers were on board when the ship exploded. Any source for this - I assume he probably knows better than anyone but I would like the source if one exists. Thanks.159.105.80.141 19:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed reference

I removed a reference to The Sinking Of The Lancastria; Jonathan Fenby; Simon and Schuster UK Ltd; ISBN 0-7434-8943-8, as this does not relate to the topic of the article. Am I wrong? Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 21:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Hello. My english is so bad for that. I've two pictures to illustrate this article. If you want. Image:Forme Joubert - porte et usine de pompage.jpg et Image:Forme_Joubert_-_porte.jpg. Ludo29 (talk) 13:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British Survivors?

Here it lists the raiding British as 611 strong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Nazaire but in the Operation Chariot article it only mentions 22 escaping back to England on the small wooden boats, 168 dead and 214 POWs. so, one of those two has to be wrong. From the BBC tv documentary I believe I heard the number that made it back was the remaining 229 or so not 22 (Stickman20089 (talk) 05:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Number of casualties

The english article stats that 400 Germans died during the raid, while the german version says only 42 died. Which figure is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.190.163.156 (talk) 11:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)