Talk:Siege of Paris (1870–1871)

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This article has two different listings for the French forces that surrendered at the end of the siege. The battlebox says that the French army numbered 400,000 during the siege and 400,000 surrendered. Towards the end of the article it says that Joseph Vinoy surrendered 146,000.

no medical evacuation

The article "To Pop a Balloon: Aeromedical Evacuation in the 1870 Siege of Paris" by D M Lam in Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 59:10 (1988) pretty much discredits the idea that the balloon flights from Paris during the siege were used to evacuate wounded soldiers. The 160 passengers taken out of Paris were primarily government officials and businessmen. The balloons also carrier outgoing mail and carrier pigeons, who would then return to Paris with incoming mail. 165.91.64.226 (talk) 02:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)RKH

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Picture of the day

The Illustrated London News's depiction of students preparing to defend the Siege of Paris, the final action in the Franco-Prussian War. The siege began on 18 September 1870, and ended four months later with the defeat of France and the proclamation of William I as emperor of the German Empire. Paris sustained more damage in the siege than in any other conflict. Dissatisfaction with the German government led to rebellion and the formation of the Paris Commune in 1871.Illustrator: Fred Barnard; Restoration: Adam Cuerden

France or the commune

As far as I know the siege was not against France (although it was in the middle of Franco-Prussian war). The siege was against the Paris Commune who was, in todays terms, another state. The Paris Commune had a flag that is not the same as French. The Commune flag was only a red flag. you have to change that French flag in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.164.52.89 (talk) 17:09, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Initially the siege was against The Government of National Defense then against the government under Adolphe Thiers (The Third Republic coming into existence). The Commune was around during the siege but not as an official flag possessing entity. Local groups formed during the siege to overcome the lack of supplies and food but it was only after the Germans left and the National Assembly started moving to Versailles that the workers organized into their own government, that government being the Commune. The Tricolore would be the appropriate flag here. -Ben 08:00, 20 May 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.35.31 (talk)

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Tidied citations and refs using sfn format; several page numbers missing. Keith-264 (talk) 21:53, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

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