Mage Pve Guide Rift - Remembering the Dieppe Raid of 1942
The Canadian memorial at the little English port town of Newhaven, East Sussex, bears testimony to the military contribution of Canadian forces in World War 2, particularly those involved within the Dieppe Raid.
Following the costly but effective Raid on St.-Nazaire in March 1942, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten of Combined Operations Headquarters wanted to demonstrate and test the capacity of Allied infantry, and naval and air forces in an operation designed to seize a French port.
So at Newhaven, thousands of mainly Canadian troops of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division mustered and set out for Dieppe, in Normandy, France. Yet of the over 6000 troops who took part within the Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942, practically 60% were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. The intention had been to capture and hold the port of Dieppe, to test the German response, in preparation for the eventual liberation of France. This aim was not accomplished along with the staggering losses marked a low point in Allied fortunes in World War 2, and national tragedy for Canada. But the by then battle skilled 2nd Canadian Infantry Division subsequently distinguished itself inside the Normandy Landings in 1944 and next engagements toward the close of World War 2.
It is typically forgotten just how new a thought in warfare were amphibious landings in World War 2. For 1944, with the immensely pricey but Eventually
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