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Dieppe Raid: Operation Jubilee Overview by L Sabia Byrne is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Dieppe raid of August 19, 1942 involved over 5,000 mostly Canadian troops launching coordinated attacks on the German-occupied French port of Dieppe and surrounding beaches, but lack of intelligence and effective naval bombardment meant the troops faced withering fire, with many troops killed or captured and the objectives of holding the port and destroying coastal defenses not achieved due to strong German resistance. Some successes included intelligence gathering on German radar systems and acts of he
- Author
- L Sabia Byrne
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- EN