Dieppe

 **//__Battle of Dieppe :)__//**
RCAF lost 13 aircraft and 10 pilots; RAF lost 106 planes and 81 airmen - the highest single day total of World War II > media type="custom" key="9415806" > media type="youtube" key="T7MplFwPDfI" width="425" height="350"
 * 3,367 casualties - including 1,946 taken prisoner and 907 Canadians killed.
 * The Battle of Dieppe was a test for the full-scale invasion of western Europe. The plan was to make a frontal assault on the town of Dieppe, across the English Channel on the coast of France. The raid on Dieppe would give the Allies a chance to test techniques and equipment for landing troops from the sea. The Battle of Dieppe was a disaster for the Canadians. Nearly 1000 Canadians died and nearly 2000 were taken prisoner.
 * The Dieppe raid was a major operation planned by Admiral Lord Mountbatten of Combined Operations Headquarters. The attacking force would consist of around 5,000 Canadians, 1,000 British troops, and 50 United States Rangers. The Royal Navy would supply 237 ships and landing craft, and the Royal Air Force 74 squadrons of aircraft, of which 66 were fighter squadrons. Originally conceived in April 1942 by Combined Operations Headquarters and code named "Operation Rutter", the Allies planned to conduct a major division size raid on a German held port on the French channel coast and to hold it for the duration of at least two tides. They would effect the greatest amount of destruction of enemy facilities and defences before withdrawing.
 * Exams Questions
 * 1- How many people were taken prisoner during the raid of dieppe? answer = 1946 people.
 * 2- who planned the major operation of the dieppe raid? answer = Admiral Lord Mountbatten
 * 3-
 * This original plan was approved by the Chiefs of Staff in May 1942. It included British parachute units attacking German artillery batteries on the headlands on either side of the Canadians who would carry out a frontal assault from the sea. The parachute operation was later cancelled and instead No. 3 Commando and No.4 Commando would land by sea and attack the artillery batteries. In June, the //BBC// started broadcasting warnings to French civilians of a "likely" war, urging them to quickly evacuate the Atlantic coastal districts of occupied France.
 * The troops were drawn from Combined Operations and South-Eastern Command, under Lieutenant General Bernard Law Montgomery . The plan called for an unimaginative frontal assault, without any heavy preliminary air bombardment. Under pressure from the Canadian government to ensure that Canadian troops saw some action, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, commanded by Major General John Hamilton Roberts, was selected for the main force.