The Reason For The Dieppe Raid

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The Dieppe Raid was a complete and utter fail. Not only was it a waste of resources but they didn’t accomplish any of their goals. There was no actual good reason to do the raid. Our leaders should have planned it out better and not risked so much in just one mission. No matter the actual reason for the Raid

The Dieppe Raid was a raid the Allies put together on August 19, 1942. The raid lasted 9 hours. It took place on the French port of Dieppe and was code named “operation Jubilee”. In the beginning there were 4963 canadians and in those 9 hours the Allies lost 2853 of soldiers who either died or got captured. At 1 of the 5 beaches, Blue beach, there was 96% casualties and only 65 soldiers got back from that beach. It was a very dark day

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