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Dieppe Raid 1942

motorman-mike

motorman-mike

Brum visitor who stayed.
Today marks the 67th anniversary of the ill fated Allied raid on Dieppe in France. It later came to be known as a "rehearsal for invasion" for the D Day Landings two years later, although rarely gets a mention outside of Canada who provided 6,108 soldiers of which 2,853 were killed, wounded or captured. A small numer of British and Americans also took part. Sadly my Dad was among the British as a volunteer Official War Photographer and did not make it back. He and this raid have never been and never will be forgotten by my family.
 
Mike, several of us have said on other threads that they were all heroes. It matters not one jot whether he carried a gun or a camera, it matters not whether a person was first or last into the fray. What does matter is that they went, and the reason they went was to secure the future of this country, and that of their families and friends.
 
The vessels on the Dieppe Raid sailed from Newhaven in Sussex.
The following plaque can be found at Newhaven Fort.


NewhavenFort-DieppeLandingplaque40y.jpg
 
Hello there, I understand our lads being lost in World 2, five of my six brothers were in the forces, for a long period we were on our own, what I can not understand is the present day situation, we have no right whatsoever to be in Afghanistan, Its time we realized that we are no longer the Worlds Policeman that is the job of the UN. It really sickens me day after day our lads are coming home in wooden boxes , the Army
chief says we are there for the next 40 years . Show me a party that says"We will bring our lads home tomorrow , it would get my vote and a lot of other people as well Bernard67Arnold
 
The Service Personnel of Canada have been good and faithfull friends of Great Britain in two World Wars. While they are not forgotten I sometimes think that their contribution is sometimes under estimated, The Aussies are good at fighting their corner God Blessem but the Canadians seem to rollup on time ,get some sticky dirty jobs then quietly disappear to the vastness that is Canada.

I have visited the Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge and found it the most moving of all memorials. Dieppe was an ill thought out operation but the lessons learnt were applied to D Day with great effect. A shingle beach was found to be a death trap.
 
Another c*ck up (Mountbattens folly) where we sacrificed the Canadians and afterwards claimed it was worth it as an excersise as a prelude to D Day. Almost on a par with the disaster in dorset pre d day when we couldn't stop the Yanks being massacred, rehearsing a landing, and the E Boats pounced.
 
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