Rangers at Dieppe

A new book tells the story of the U.S Army Rangers and their baptism in fire at Dieppe, France in 1942.

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[kw19193]

Easy to understand the irritation expressed below concerning the Canadian Army's contribution not only to this battle, but the western campaign as a whole. The Germans did not respect, with the exception of a few particular units, the Americans or the British. The Canadians however carried weight in German opinion and they always bore down with purpose against them. How pathetic that the Canadian Army is held in higher regard by its foe than by its allies . . .

[KevinJKtheman]

The commentator keeps refering to the operation as an "invasion", it was never intended as an invasion,  it was a large scale raid, intended to seize and hold a port, for a limited time, in order to prove it could be done, and also to gather intelligence, in order to plan plan a full scale invasion at a later date.

[Seaneeey]

i was wrong it was more like 3600 KIA swounded and POWs but of that there were 1000 POWs

[Seaneeey]

i guess so and they were wasted it wasnt even an attack in force and thats why it failed

[RangerYorki]

@Seaneeey thats a lot of fucking dead ones even to many as just think of all there loved ones that they would never see again

[Seaneeey]

naa it wasnt so bad it was like 1500 dead or wounded or POW

[Number7smokesForEver]

What do you mean by "The Canadian Army that bore the brunt of the casualties would never be the same?" While 2nd Infantry Division was plagued by bad leadership at the senior level during the early stages of its baptism of fire in Normandy - it would get its own back. The 1st Canadian Infantry Division may have been the best allied infantry division in Italy while 1st Independent Brigade was certainly the best armored unit - the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division perhaps was the best in NW-Europe.

[quest8899]

@Milhouse224 this is only telling the story of how the US rangers did during this battle, it takes nothing away from the canadian and british forces who fought here

[kw19193]

DoubleR666, all war is a tragedy. It is thanks to the efforts of writers and historians that we know this. What is deplorable however is writers, and I do not count Mr. DeFelice among them, who don't know their arse from their elbow. There are at best only a handful of authors whose work about WW II is anything other than shallow, jingoistic, chauvinism. Read, investigate, and learn, do not allow your opinion to be shaped by drivel the likes of Band of Brothers, or Stephen Ambrose.

[macbrack]

You must be American....the Rangers made up less than 1...yes thats one % of the Dieppe Force...not worth all the ballyhoo ....