The Dieppe Raid
The Raid on Dieppe – Background
information:
 Stalin was putting pressure on Allies to open up a
second front – alleviate pressure on Russia
 Put into place by the new Chief of Combined
Operations, Louis Mountbatten
 Occurred on August 19th, 1942
 The original raid was known as Operation Rudder –
but it was postponed – actual raid at Dieppe Raid
called Operation Jubilee
The Raid on Dieppe – Background
information continued:
 4,963 Canadians, 907 died including 56 officers and
1,946 were captured
 the Royal Regiment of Canada were on the beaches of
Puys, Dieppe and Pourville
Dieppe Raid – Objectives:
 to seize and hold a major port for a short
period,
 gather intelligence from prisoners and
captured materials
 assess the German defenses and responses to
attack.
 destroy coastal defenses, port structures, and
all strategic buildings
The Raid on Dieppe –
Summary:
 The element of
surprise was gone by
morning light
 The main attack on
Dieppe beach was
swept with machine
guns making a
successful raid
impossible
 The raid was repelled
by Germany soldiers
by the afternoon
 None of the major
objectives were
achieved
The Raid on Dieppe - Significance:
 A huge failure
 Also focused German
attention more to the
 More Canadians died in Eastern Front
one hour in Dieppe
then in any other day of  Provided valuable data
the war
for D-Day about
German defenses and
 Canadian troops
Allied deficiencies
become more
experienced for the DDay invasion two years
later
The Dieppe Raid – Why it
failed
 Not officially approved by combined chiefs of staff
 Therefore none of the intelligence agencies were involved
 The raid was planned on intelligence that was months out of
date
 Planes had limited time over target because of distance from
home
 Poor leadership of small units once ashore
 Canadian landing was delayed and thus they lost the cover of
darkness
The Dieppe Raid – Why it
failed continued
 Naval support from the channel was from Hunt Class
Destroyers (convoy escorts)
 Unable to hit targets on shore without coming under fire
 Not in communication with landing force and thus
unable to effectively coordinate bombardment
 Engineers responsible for clearing anti tank walls and
obstacles not protected and could not do their job.
The Dieppe Raid - Footage