Talk:Charles Mangin

Disambiguation
Jean Marchand in the text is not the person linked in the document, there is a need for disambiguation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.216.151.84 (talk) 17:45, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Copyright Violation
This article bears a ridiculous similarity to the article which appears on First World War .com ; http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/mangin.htm. As soon as I am able I will expand the article with some original information and style. --Harlsbottom 15:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Statue
Why did Hitler order the destruction of his statue? Bastie 08:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The article now explains this - his attempts to separate the Rhineland from Germany caused offense. Drutt (talk) 07:29, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Butcher
Mangin wasn't nicknamed "the butcher". It was the nickname of Général Robert Nivelle. Mangin was feared but also respected by his men because of his personal bravoury. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.7.244.18 (talk) 14:27, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * By some accounts his nickname was a play on his name - Mangin, Manger, eater of men.Paulturtle (talk) 15:18, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Early life
So his hometown became part of Germany shortly after he was born? I assume his family moved elsewhere in France? Did they return after 1918? Drutt (talk) 07:29, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * if memory serves his father worked for a government conservation authority, and moved to Algeria shortly after he was born. It's all in Louis-Eugene Mangin's biography (which I seriously need to buy sometime). --Simon Harley (talk | library | book reviews) 12:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)