The Dieppe Raid
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The Dieppe Raid was a disaster, the allies were very unprepared. The allies were spotted on the English channel by the Germans. As a result, the allies' landing had to be postponed for the daylight. The image shown above is the allies' tank. The tanks were suppose to support the troops, but it sunk on the beach. Many Canadians lost their lives fighting and many also became prisoners of war because of this raid, "While many men were lost and the raid did not meet most of the objectives, many historians feel that the lessons learned played an important role in the success of later actions" ( veterans.gc.ca). This attack pretty much was test on the German's defences. This improved the Allies landing techniques and the major positive result of this raid was, the Allies gave the French some hope and this raid sent a deep message to the French about how they are not forgotten. This raid strongly shaped the English and French's relationship.
Why do you feel that the raid was a disaster? Was there anything that could have been improved before the raid if so what was it?
ReplyDeleteThis attack wasn't necessary I guess, although the allies learned from their mistakes, we shouldn't have sent that many soldiers to die to teach the allies a lesson. I think that there should've been another way to test German defences without sacrificing so many men.
DeleteIf you were in charge, what would you have done differently to make sure this didn't happen?
ReplyDeleteI would've prepared my troops better by making sure all the machinery and tanks are able to work on any kind of attacks.
DeleteMel, I agree that, without knowing the future, the raid was not successful. I'm not sure what you mean by "the raid strongly shaped the English and French's relationship".
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