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Dieppe Raid

19 August 1942

Operation Jubilee landed some 6,000 mostly Canadian troops on the beaches of Dieppe to seize the port for a day. The frontal assault failed against intact defences; of the Canadians, 907 were killed and 1,946 captured. Lessons on beach assault, fire support and port capture shaped the Normandy landings.

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— Jubilee

Some 6,000 men, five in every six of them Canadian, land on a sixteen-kilometre stretch of cliff coast to hold Dieppe for a tide. The flank landings at Varengeville and Pourville partly work; the eastern convoy runs into a German coaster at 03:47 and loses surprise, and at Puys the Royal Regiment is destroyed at the sea wall. On the main beach the Churchill tanks cannot get off the shingle and the infantry is pinned under the headland guns. The withdrawal is finished by 14:00: 907 Canadians dead and 1,946 taken prisoner, and the lessons about fire support, armour and taking a port are carried into Normandy.

Dieppe's chert beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942. A Dingo Scout Car has been abandoned.
Dieppe's chert beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942. A Dingo Scout Car has been abandoned.Jörgensen · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
Title / Titre : Advertisement for the 3rd Victory Bonds campaign, 1942 / Affiche publicitaire pendant la 3e campagne d’obligations de la Victoire, 1942 Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu Date(s) : 1942 Referenc
Title / Titre : Advertisement for the 3rd Victory Bonds campaign, 1942 / Affiche publicitaire pendant la 3e campagne d’obligations de la Victoire, 1942 Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu Date(s) : 1942 ReferencAnonymousUnknown author for National War Finance Committee · Public domain · source
Dieppe Raid
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Dieppe Raid
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