Talk:First Battle of Ypres

How many French fought in the battle?

In the section on Polygon Wood, the text states that "both the French claimed credit for the idea".

German WP

Our infobox lists Allied casualties but not German, which seems odd. For what it's worth, the German WP article's infobox lists 100,000 casualties — citing Der Weltkrieg von 1914 bis 1918. Band 5, S. 401; Band 6, S. 25, Berlin 1929.

CE

@DocWatson42: Morning, I'm curious about you changing sfn to Sfn, I'm not aware that it makes any difference. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 07:56, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

It's just aesthetics. —DocWatson42 (talk) 10:00, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, if that's your bag, enjoy it. ;O) Keith-264 (talk) 10:47, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Recent edits

@John Quiggin: Greetings, perhaps you'd like to discuss your recent edits here? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 08:58, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Happy to discuss. What problems do you see with them? JQ (talk) 07:53, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

It looked like you got rather lost in the editing, what do you want to add? Regards Keith-264 (talk) 07:57, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

I wanted to say more about the mythology of Langemarck on the German side, incorporating the section on Kindemord. It played a role somewhat similar to the Anzac legend for Aust and NZ. JQ (talk) 08:24, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Although I hadn't found a great source yet, the Nazis made some attempts to appropriate the myth JQ (talk) 08:26, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

The history of the myth might not fit into a First Battle of Ypres article but it will go somewhere. I only mentioned it because it's in Sheldon. Regards Keith-264 (talk) 08:46, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

It would make sense in a separate article on Langemarck. I'm unclear why some of the smaller battles have their own articles and others don't JQ (talk) 23:43, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Ideally, there would be three battle articles for first Ypres but no-one has got round to it. Regards ;O) Keith-264 (talk) 07:21, 9 September 2025 (UTC)