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Dieppe |
| The Dieppe Raid, also known as The Battle of Dieppe or Operation Jubilee, during World War II, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France on August 19, 1942. Over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, were supported by large British naval and air contingents. Intended to seize and hold a major port for a short period, both to prove it was possible and to gather intelligence from prisoners and captured materials while assessing the German responses, the raid was also intended to use air power to draw the Luftwaffe into a large, planned encounter. The raid was generally considered to be an unmitigated disaster, with no major objectives accomplished and 4,384 of the 6,086 men who made it ashore killed, wounded, or captured. The RAF and RCAF failed to lure the Luftwaffe into open battle, and lost 119 planes, whilst the Royal Navy suffered 555 casualties. The catastrophe at Dieppe may have later influenced Allied preparations for Operation Torch and D-Day.(Wikipedia.) For more info see the Dieppe page at The Juno Beach Centre. |
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| PA-183770lrg.jpg | Landing crafts of the assault troops taking part in Operation Jubilee, Dieppe, August 19th, 1942. On the left, a smoke screen produced to conceal them from enemy fire. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-183770. |  |
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| PA-171080lrg.jpg | Part of the assault fleet gathered for Operation Jubilee. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada, PA-171080. |  |
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| C-014160lrg.jpg | Corpses on the beach next to two Churchill tanks of the 14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary) stuck in pebbles. Behind them, thick smoke coming from LCT 5. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada C-014160. |  |
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| C-017293lrg.jpg | Officer and soldiers examining a Churchill tank stuck on the beach in front of the boardwalk after the battle, its left track broken. Wounded men lying on the ground are about to be evacuated. Dieppe, August 19th, 1942. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada C-017293. |  |
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| PA-200058lrg.jpg | Canadian prisoners escorted by German guards marching through Dieppe, August 19th, 1942. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada PA-200058. |  |
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| PA-183775lrg.jpg | Exhausted but alive, these men are happy to be back in England after nine hours in the Dieppe inferno. Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada PA-183775. |  |
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| dieppe_001 | Various clips of the landing during the failed Deippe Raid. |  |
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| dieppe_002 | Beach shot of Dieppe |  |
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| dieppe_003 | Various shots of destruction on the beach at Dieppe |  |
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| dieppe_004 | Canadian POWs taken at Dieppe being marched out. |  |
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| Return-to-Dieppe.mpg | In 1944, Canadians soldiers return to Dieppe, this time they parade through the streets. |  |
33 sec |
| Memorial_Dieppe.mpg | During the liberation of France, troops revisit the WWI memorial at Dieppe. |  |
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