Talk:Hermann von François

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Von Francoise is not the only military pro that disobayed the German high command. There was also a colonel Hoffmann who was the first to see a telegram that was received at Hindenburg/Lutendorf's H.Q from the German supreme command, ordering to retreat and not to confront Samsonov and Rennenkamph. Reading the battle ground better than the two elderly generals , he hid the dispach and the next day's battle was won by the German armee . This battle was called the Tanenberg Allenstein battle.

French-sounding name

I deleted the following sentence: While alive, François was well known for his French-sounding name, which was seemingly incongruous with his service to Germany.

There were thousands of German soldiers with French names and thousands of French soldiers with German names fighting for their countries. Best examples on the German side are von Hutier, von Arnauld de la Periere and von Francois himself. This classification German name=German, French name=Frenchman etc. is typical for Anglo-American half-wits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.176.235.10 (talk) 13:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neads clarification.

I can't parse the first sentence of the second paragraph of Early life and military career: "François was a cadet in Wahlstatt as well as in Berlin was taken over by the Prussian Army on 15 April 1875 in Potsdam as Sekonde-Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) of the Prussian 1st Guard Regiment of Foot."

Also, it would be nice to have sources indicated. AlainFournier (talk) 02:22, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I revised that sentence along with trying to fix the article overall and adding sources. Please let me know what you think. 65.216.227.119 (talk) 01:04, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your revision. Nice improvement. AlainFournier (talk) 16:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]