(4/4) History's Raiders - The Dieppe Raid - Part 4
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Part 4 of 4
History's Raiders series episode four "The Dieppe Raid". Canadian, British, Free Polish Forces and American troops storm France in a bloody raid on the town of Dieppe. The raid was costly and its result uncertain to many.
Dieppe Raid, Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter, Operation Jubilee, World War II, Second World War, Canadian Army, Royal Marines, Royal Commandos, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, RN,RAF, Churchill, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Free Polish Forces, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, No. 3 Commando, No. 4 Commando, 302nd Static Infantry Division, Lord Louis Mountbatten, J. H. Roberts, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Gerd von Rundstedt, Konrad Haase, Royal Regiment of Canada, Black Watch of Canada, United States Army Rangers, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Essex Scottish Regiment, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, A Commando Royal Marines, 14th Army Tank Regiment, Calgary Regiment, South Saskatchewan Regiment, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
My Uncle was a CSM in the Essex Regiment and landed with the first wave in this raid, He survived by some miracle, one of only a few from his company to do so. It is quite true that the soldiers were "antsy" to have a go at the Germans and board to tears with the endless training and barracks life. The Brits kept the Canadians pretty well bottled up in their bases and never allowed more than a few at a time to go on leave because they invariably got drunk and caused a lot of trouble when they did "get loose"
Still, as anyone who ever fought along side them will tell you (and especially anyone who fought against them and survived) they were some of the toughest soldiers the allies had and we can all be very grateful they had the guts to take on jobs like this.
Anyone who believes Canadian soldiers were bored and itching to see battle in 1942 needs their head examined. The forces we had in England as part of Britain's defense were happy enough doing what they were doing and glad the front in France hadn't opened up yet. As far as they were concerned if they never saw live action, that was fine with them. It is not cowardice, it is self preservation.
There is certainly plentiful anecdotal evidence of bored Canadian soldiers. Cpl Prouse of the Provost Corps said "like every other Canadian soldier, I was bored to tears with the long inaction and was itching for battle".
For you guys fighting in France against Germany doesn't make sense at all, especially when you were the workhorse in the attack. You were serving for England.
Clifford Muir .Hero. Dieppe ,Juno Beach. Thanks Grampa!
The guy saying that Canadians who died at Dieppe saved soldiers at Normandy. BULLSHIT. The amphibious landings at North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio were true purveyors of lessons learned for Normandy. Dieppe was the epitome of British poor planning. The British Navy wasn’t present, and the British AF lost their asses (never achieved even close to air superiority).
A Canadian here and this is my view in studying the Dieppe Raid. There is no question that it was a disaster. It was poorly planned and had all kinds of things that went wrong. Bad co-ordination with land, sea and air operations and lack of concrete intelligence reports. Objectives to knock out vital preliminary targets that protected the beaches were not achieved, as well as enemy aerial suppiority. It all seemed to be thrown together at the last minute. All of this is documented and the results are history. In saying this and to the defence of those who participated...It had never been tried before, even with the training that they were given, up untill the summer of 1942.
There was pressure from England's allies to get men into the war. It was to help provide (or even given the preceived idea) a second front to help relieve the pressure for Stalin's troops on the eastern front in Russia, and to test the defences of mainland Europe. It was supposed to take place much earlier in the summer and was cancelled twice, which opened it to helping the Germans get intelligence that some kind of seafaring operation was in the works.
It does bother me that it was such a waste, but at the same time it did provide valuable lessons for the main D-day assault landings that would come in 1944. And even with those landings, there were also a lot of mistakes that were made! In prepaing for any battle you can try to anticipate every move, but you cannot expect everything to go according to plan. But because of the failed Dieppe raid, there could have been a lot more problems that were not concidered, and the sacrifices from that raid, helped the overall successes for the Allies and helped bring the war to a relatively quick end in 1945! No one likes to lose, but even in loss, good things can be achieved. It's all a matter of perspetive. Rest in Peace to those who gave that sacrifice and thank you for your valor.
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I never understood the Objective of the raid. I t was too big for sabatoge yet too small for an invasion foothold on the contenent.
Correction: the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade landed on D-Day.
The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division landed in Normandy a month later.
3:45 Mountbatten screwed up again and tried to turn defeat into victory by bringing up Normandy.
Mountbatten was not in charge of Normandy for good reason.
It just seems the entire raid was very poorly planned. If they knew the stones on the beach were there, they certainly could have simulated that terrain on the Churchil tank, or send out some spies to walk the beach to see if the ground is firm enough for armor. The cross fire should have been obvious from recon or aerial photography. Just looking at the dead bodies you can see the hill/houses on each side of the beach, aimed right into the landing zone, and it appears those areas were hardly touched by bombardment. Lastly, the objective is "seizing and holding a major port for a short period, both to prove that it was possible and to gather intelligence", seems very high risk, compared to other similar operations in Norway, etc.
whats the credit soundtrack. sounds so epic.
Try Hard I agree, I would love to know myself
Where in the hell have you been the last ten years? Only peace keepers give me a break.
peacekeeper is a term that left wingers cling to as they can not handle the reality of the real world. Canadian solders are called SOLDERS. Peace keeping was a task, not vocation. Also that type of mission has not existed since the 1980s. Canada has not declared war since 1939. But nether has Britain for that matter. Nor the US since 1941. We all have still fought them however.
not in vain ! tell their mother;s and father;s that bullshit