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By: Ethan Jensen

The Battle of Dieppe

Strategy

Objective

Using the 2nd Canadian divison as their main attack force, the plan was to launch four pre-dawn attacks along the coast, followed by the main attack on Dieppe. Air force bombers and tanks would later be brought into support.

The USSR wanted to invade Europe from the west to weaken Germany so that they would have to fight war on two fronts. Since it was a smaller raid, it was alos considered a trial run, as an opportunity to test out new technology, equipment and to scout out the area for future reference

Significance

Only British commandos gained any sort of success from Dieppe, as they were assigned to subdue coast artillery batteries. Other that that Dieppe was mainly known as a total disaster. Some, however, considered this raid as a huge learining experience, and the D-day wouldn't have been nearly as successful as it was with out the mistakes of Dieppe.

Result

Casualties

The Dieppe raid was a complete failure from the very beginning. As a ship carrying soldiers approached a German convoy, they had a brief sea battle which notified German troops on the shore. On top of that, the ships were delayed, so instead of landing at dawn, they landed in daylight. The tanks had no traction on the beaches pebbled surface, and the ship to troop communication was poor. Reinforcements were sent believing the first set of soldiers arrived, but they were to trapped. The raid ended in a big defeat.

Out of the original 5000 Canadians, 907 were killed during the nine hour battle. 600 were taken prisoner. In Dieppe, the RAF lost the most aircraft in one day than throughout the whole war. They lost 106 aircraft and the Germans lost 48.

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