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Strange Defeat

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Strange Defeat - essay by Marc Bloch on the French defeat in 1940, written in 1940, published posthumously in 1946. Article “Strange Defeat” in English Wikipedia has 20.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Strange Defeat”, its content was written by 36 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 156 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 120 times in English Wikipedia and cited 409 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #182996 in March 2013
  • Global: #129370 in September 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #494203 in June 2020
  • Global: #217599 in November 2024

There are 4 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1French (fr)
L'Étrange Défaite
30.4785
2English (en)
Strange Defeat
20.7493
3Finnish (fi)
L'Étrange Défaite
16.7543
4Arabic (ar)
هزيمة غريبة
12.632
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Strange Defeat" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1French (fr)
L'Étrange Défaite
281 392
2English (en)
Strange Defeat
88 656
3Finnish (fi)
L'Étrange Défaite
5 134
4Arabic (ar)
هزيمة غريبة
966
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Strange Defeat" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1French (fr)
L'Étrange Défaite
1 383
2English (en)
Strange Defeat
890
3Arabic (ar)
هزيمة غريبة
19
4Finnish (fi)
L'Étrange Défaite
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Strange Defeat" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
L'Étrange Défaite
98
2English (en)
Strange Defeat
36
3Finnish (fi)
L'Étrange Défaite
19
4Arabic (ar)
هزيمة غريبة
3
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Strange Defeat" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
هزيمة غريبة
0
2English (en)
Strange Defeat
0
3Finnish (fi)
L'Étrange Défaite
0
4French (fr)
L'Étrange Défaite
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Strange Defeat" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
L'Étrange Défaite
284
2English (en)
Strange Defeat
120
3Arabic (ar)
هزيمة غريبة
3
4Finnish (fi)
L'Étrange Défaite
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
هزيمة غريبة
enEnglish
Strange Defeat
fiFinnish
L'Étrange Défaite
frFrench
L'Étrange Défaite

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#494203
06.2020
Global:
#217599
11.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#182996
03.2013
Global:
#129370
09.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Strange Defeat from Wikipedia articles about Marc Bloch, Battle of France, Riom Trial, Historiography of the Battle of France and Maxime Weygand. Whereas reading the article about Strange Defeat people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Marc Bloch, Battle of France, Historiography of the Battle of France, Char B1 and Didier Fassin.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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