Jump to content

Talk:Naval Battle of Casablanca

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

U-boats

[edit]

An editor has inappropriately inserted the statement: "German U-boats also operated throughout the area during the battle." into the introductory summary paragraph of this article in front of a footnote referencing Auphan & Mordal regarding the Second Armistice at Compiègne. The listed page of Auphan & Mordal's The French Navy in World War II makes no mention of German submarines, and other references suggest this statement is misleading. Most U-boats initially operating in the area had been drawn away to attack convoy SL 125, and the initial response to pre-invasion contacts directed available U-boats into the Mediterranean rather than to the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945 indicates U-572 and (confusingly) U-752 were effectively restricted to the perimeter of the battle area by aircraft patrols. The two U-boats successfully attacking the troopships had sailed from France and arrived after Casablanca surrendered.

I have moved the statement outside of the footnote, and requested a reference citation. I suggest more explanation within the article if this statement is to remain within the summary introduction.Thewellman (talk) 16:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The reference citation provided for this statement merely recounts the sinking of three transports by U-130 on 12 November. This was one of the submarines ordered to investigate early reports of the invasion convoys on 2 November <Blair p.88> after sailing from France on 29 October <Blair p.736>. After being delayed by mechanical difficulties <Blair p.88> U-130 approached the Fedala anchorage by sailing along the Moroccan coast on the evening of 11 November <Blair p.110> (after Casablanca had surrendered) but had not operated "throughout the area during the battle."Thewellman (talk) 15:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence was just factually incorrect and had to be rewritten. Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 09:51, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

nazi germany flag is wrong

[edit]

if you look at the comanders you will see the german commander's flag is differnet than the countries flag. any reason?

This is the Kriegsmarine's ensign. JJ Georges (talk) 12:32, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]


article picture

[edit]

The picture given in the article is from the Pacific (or so it says)... can we get one that actually involves the battle?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Akiatu (talk) 06:51, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article includes several other images usefully illustrative of participating units and locations; but taken at different times or places. The images of Wichita and Jean Bart appear to be the only ones actually taken during the engagement, so I have substituted the latter image. I have been unable to find an image of Massachusetts firing its main battery guns at Casablanca, but the main battery was unchanged during service in the Pacific. I have temporarily retained the image to illustrate the naval artillery advantage of American forces in the engagement until such time as someone may locate a similarly illustrative image from Casablanca.Thewellman (talk) 22:03, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]