(3/5) Dangerous Missions Raid on Dieppe

World War II
Dieppe was a pathetic failure. Sixty years later, it seems obvious that Jubilee was a bizarre operation with no chance of success whatsoever and likely to result in a huge number of casualties. In August 1942, British and Allied officers did not have yet the knowledge and combat experience to make a proper assessment of the risks of such an operation. This catastrophe was useful precisely in providing that knowledge which was later to make victory possible.
The Dieppe fiasco demonstrated that it was imperative to improve communications at all levels: on the battlefield, between the HQs of each unit, between air, naval and ground forces. The idea of capturing a well-defended seaport to use as a bridgehead was dropped after August 19th, 1942. In addition, the raid on Dieppe showed how important it was to use prior air bombings to destroy enemy defenses as much as possible, to support assault troops with artillery fire from ships and landing crafts, to improve techniques and equipment to remove obstacles to men and tanks.
The true meaning of the sacrifices made, by the mainly Canadian 2nd Infantry Division at Dieppe, was made obvious two years after this ill-fated date, when on D-Day the Allies gained a foothold in Europe to free the continent from Nazi aggression.

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• Jubilee
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• Nazi

[petrwarry]

5*****

[DiGiTaLdAzEDM]

What a fiasco--R.I.P. to all the brave men who died there.

[mrprodigy83]

@dunnerthegunner As a German, i found it successful..

[jvidell]

Is the first video uploaded? I cannot seem to find it.

[cutelittleangeljacob]

r.i.p all canadians

[Rittisan]

"Doesn't sound like very good planning "..**correction to last post.**.

[Rittisan]

No radio's?..no contact between the commands? Does sound like very good planning...It appears that the British didn't have enough money to fund an invasion...

[26wordy]

3.11, now thats interesting facial hair

[Midsummerwolfmoon]

Watching this by force - part of ma french homework, actually. But now finding it pretty interesting. RIP to all those who died then and are stll dying in recent wars.

[dunnerthegunner]

As a Canadian Soldier, this is a sad battle. We learn alot from it though. RIP to all the brave men on both sides and all nations.



[shyun1250]

Are you serious??? So ill informed...