Talk:Battle of Saint-Malo

Suggested edits

Morning Nick, some small things:

• United States Army units, with the support of Free French and British forces, successfully assaulted the town and defeated its German defenders. Much of Saint-Malo was destroyed in the fighting. The German garrison on a nearby island continued to resist until 2 September. - there is a logical break here...we go from timeline (assaulted the town and defeated its German defenders) to context ( Much of Saint-Malo was destroyed in the fighting), and then back to timeline The German garrison on a nearby island continued to resist until 2 September.
• My edit avoided some redundancy and repetition ('Despite Patton's desire to avoid a siege of Saint-Malo, concluded that the German force in the area, pushed west in order to investigate, could potentially etc Ceoil (talk) 02:34, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

  Obviously, no issue here, just giving rational. 03:55, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

With the first para, I'm trying to follow the recommendation of WP:LEAD that it cover the whole article. I agree though that the stuff on damage isn't needed, and have removed it. I think that the second para needs to be clear about the area it's referring to, and have also tweaked. Nick-D (talk) 10:30, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Sound. Ceoil (talk) 10:35, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Questionable Objective: The Brittany Ports, 1944

@Rjensen: I can't see any material you've added that's referenced to the article Questionable Objective: The Brittany Ports, 1944, and as you know the contents of the lead usually doesn't need citations as long as the material is cited later in the article MOS:LEADCITE. Does this article cover aspects of the battle that the article doesn't presently cover? Nick-D (talk) 07:06, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

yes it covers the debates in the Allied high command. Rjensen (talk) 07:21, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into it. Nick-D (talk) 07:32, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

Number of German soldiers

The article states that there were 12000 German soldiers defending Saint Malo, quoting Steven Zaloga, Brittany 1944: Hitler’s Final Defenses in France. However, in the 1984 book by French author Gilles Foucqueron, Saint-Malo Occupée, Saint-Malo libérée, it is said (p. 29 and 30) that there were less than 10 000 soldiers, even though it seems difficult to precisely state the number of German troops. Skimel (talk) 14:35, 29 August 2022 (UTC)