Thursday 18 April 2013

Was the Raid on Dieppe a Failure or Success ?


Raid On Dieppe 1942


The Raid on Dieppe was one of the most important and crutial points in World War II for the Allies and I believe was also a military failure for the Canadian Forces. On August 19th 1942 5000 Canadian troops and 6100 Allied troops tried to attack the Germans in a small town on the coast of France called Dieppe. The raid didnt start off well because a German convoy had alerted the German Forces about the Allies plans which caused them to delay the raid until daylight. The battle lasted for over 9 hours causing 913 Canadian casualties and 1950 to be taken for prisoners. I believe this raid was a failure because the Candians suffered to many casulties

2 comments:

  1. Cole, you provide reasons for Dieppe's failure. Why do you think it was important and crucial? Can something that is important and crucial be a failure?

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  2. Do you think that the Canadians learned anything from Dieppe that they used during the Normandy invasion?

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