The British raid on Dieppe
19th August 1942: Canadian troops take heavy casualties in the cross Channel attack intended to seize a French port
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In March the newly established British ‘Combined Operations’ had launched a spectacular raid on the French port of St Nazaire. It was widely regarded as a success, denying important dry dock facilities to the Germans for the rest …
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