Even though there are many different views on if the Dieppe raid was a success for a failure it the grand scheme of things it turned out to be both. This was one of the worst 9 hours that Canadians had to go through during the war that involved 4963 Canadian soldiers but if this had not happened the war itself would have been changed. Since having the sacrifice of losing the raid they army was able to be properly prepared and planned thoroughly.
The raid of Dieppe was caused for many reasons as Allies were testing the coastal defences of Hitler's. Churchill began to crave yet another victory and set out to find one, which did not nessacary matter the costs of what might happen. He thought that they would easily win this raid and had the mindset …show more content…
At Blue Beach soldiers arrived late, which leaded to a one sided fight where Germans were found waiting for them. Although Green Beach Canadians had infact arrived on time and in the dark of the small village Pourville and the Germans defences were on the town's only bridge. On Yellow Beach only one third of the troops were able to land and they failed to knock out the battery of the small German convoy. Most were killed, wounded, or held prisoner shortly. The main beaches were turned into harsh killing grounds. After an hour of landing the Essex Scottish Regiment suffered nearly 80% of the casualties One by one the 27 Churchill tanks were picked off by German anti-tank guns. Although this was all going on on the ground, the skies above weren't very calm either. 67 squadrons of the RAF fought turning out to be the single biggest air battle of the war. The allies were beat by the German, losing 48 aircraft to 106 Allied planes down. In nine hours 907 canadians soldiers were dead, 2 460 were wounded, and 1 946 were taken prisoner. In the skies 13 planes were destroyed killing 10
The raid of Dieppe was caused for many reasons as Allies were testing the coastal defences of Hitler's. Churchill began to crave yet another victory and set out to find one, which did not nessacary matter the costs of what might happen. He thought that they would easily win this raid and had the mindset …show more content…
At Blue Beach soldiers arrived late, which leaded to a one sided fight where Germans were found waiting for them. Although Green Beach Canadians had infact arrived on time and in the dark of the small village Pourville and the Germans defences were on the town's only bridge. On Yellow Beach only one third of the troops were able to land and they failed to knock out the battery of the small German convoy. Most were killed, wounded, or held prisoner shortly. The main beaches were turned into harsh killing grounds. After an hour of landing the Essex Scottish Regiment suffered nearly 80% of the casualties One by one the 27 Churchill tanks were picked off by German anti-tank guns. Although this was all going on on the ground, the skies above weren't very calm either. 67 squadrons of the RAF fought turning out to be the single biggest air battle of the war. The allies were beat by the German, losing 48 aircraft to 106 Allied planes down. In nine hours 907 canadians soldiers were dead, 2 460 were wounded, and 1 946 were taken prisoner. In the skies 13 planes were destroyed killing 10