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The Dieppe Raid is one of World War II’s most controversial hours. In 1942, a full two years before D-Day, thousands of men, mostly Canadian troops eager for their first taste of battle, were sent across the English Channel in a raid on the French port town of Dieppe. Air supremacy was not secured; the topography—a town hemmed in by tall cliffs and reached by steep beaches—meant any invasion was improbably difficult. The result was carnage: the beaches were turned into killing grounds even as the men came ashore, and whole battalions were cut to pieces.
In this book, Robin Neillands has traced numerous surviving veterans of the Raid, in the United Kingdom and Canada, to tell the harrowing story of what actually took place, hour by hour, as disaster unfolded. He has also exhaustively explored all the archival evidence to establish as far as possible the paper trail of command, of who knew—or should have known—what was happening, and whether the whole debacle could have been prevented. The result is the definitive account of one of the Allies’ darkest hours.
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Dieppe Raid, 1942, World war, 1939-1945Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition (Twentieth-Century Battles)
March 2006, Indiana University Press
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0253347815 9780253347817
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The Dieppe Raid
September 5, 2006, Aurum Press Ltd
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1845131665 9781845131661
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The Dieppe Raid: the story of the disastrous 1942 expedition
2005, Aurum
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1845131169 9781845131166
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