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Dieppe Raid

1942

The Dieppe Raid took place in August 1942, when Allied troops attacked the German-held port of Dieppe on the French coast. The operation involved Canadian infantry, British commandos, naval support and air cover.

The raid failed with severe casualties and many prisoners, but it shaped later planning for amphibious assaults. Lessons from Dieppe influenced decisions about intelligence, armour, naval fire support and landing craft before D-Day.

For fiction, Dieppe provides a grim commando and amphibious-warfare setting where courage, planning failure, beach defences and the cost of testing German-occupied Europe all matter.

Related people for Dieppe Raid

Bernard Montgomery1887–1976 Erwin Rommel1891–1944 Harry S. Truman1884–1972 Kim Il Sung1890–1969 Winston Churchill1874–1965

Books

12 Best Novels About the Dieppe Raid

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