Talk:Sack of Louvain
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Germans believed they had been attacked
editThese two sentences, with events out of logical (cause-effect) and chronological order, give the impression the massacre was completely unprovoked.
On August 25, although they had encountered no resistance from the population, German troops began a massacre.[6] The massacre likely began when a group of German soldiers, panicked by a false report of a major Allied offensive in the area, fired on some fellow German troops.[7][8][9]
I want to reorder them in logical order:
The Germans had encountered no resistance from the population.
The violence likely began when, on August 25, a group of German soldiers, panicked by a false report of a major Allied offensive in the area, fired on some fellow German troops.[7][8][9]
Wrongly believing they had been attacked by civilians, German troops began a massacre.[6] Ttulinsky (talk) 00:02, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
where were the officers?
editThe words "officer" and "order" do not appear in the article. Were the soldiers acting on their own or under orders from commanders? The article makes the soldiers sound like an undisciplined mob. This is unlikely, given the German Army's success in battle. Ttulinsky (talk) 00:08, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
Summary Execution of Mayor and Rector
editThe Mayor of Leuven and Rector of the University were not summarily executed as stated before. Leo Colins was Mayor until 1921 (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Colins) and Paulin Ladeuze was Rector until 1940 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulin_Ladeuze). Brbom (talk) 13:22, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
Replace Louvain with Leuven
editThe city of Leuven is a Dutch speaking city in Belgium. Referring to it as Louvain , the French name, undermines Dutch as a language in Belgium. When referring to the Francophone Université Catholique de Louvain, it does make sense to use Louvain. 2A02:1810:B40F:CF00:C4C9:F276:A4FD:51F5 (talk) 19:25, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
- It was common in English-language sources in 1914 to use the French names of most Belgian cities, even ones that were Dutch-speaking. This is why we speak of the "Battles of Ypres" in WW1, even though people in the city itself have always known it by the Dutch name of Ieper. 47.133.214.22 (talk) 02:44, 25 August 2024 (UTC)