Character Analysis: The Dieppe Raid
On the night of August 18 1942, the allies set out 5,000 ships, 50,000 vehicles and 11,000 planes all in preparation for the coming battle the next day. With the help of the Canadians, British commandos and American rangers, they decide to bind together their military forces and take their plans into action when they surprised attack Germany at Dieppe, France. The goal was to attack a strongly defended port in Dieppe, guarded by top-notch and highly trained German soldiers. The Raid being Canada’s first involvement in World War II, not only did they intend to test Germany’s capabilities, but they saw it as an opportunity to put their allies to the test against Europe. Despite their hard efforts, many believe there were many different contributing
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The allies lost a substantial amount of fighters, a total of 3,367 casualties which included 1,946 that were taken in as prisoner and 907 Canadians killed, an extraordinary casualty rate of 68%, only in the matter of 9 hours hours that the battle lasted for, In addition to that, 106 RAF planes and 81 airmen unfortunately never made to the end, compared to the Luftwaffe who did not come nearly as close, losing around 46 aircraft and 591 Germans. The commanding officers who mapped out the raid in Dieppe didn’t expect them to suffer as poorly as they did. But what were some of the reasons behind all this mass destruction? For the most part, they were ultimately let down by poor planning and poor intelligence. They failed to operate their equipment especially when it came to the tanks, which tumbled due to the rocky nature of it. There were also no air support or naval gunfire cover at all. Canadian troops paid the price of it, though they fought valiantly and made the Germans pay for every inch of the …show more content…
The allies wanted to take a hold of a major Channel, doing so by which they planned to have three attacks one in the East, one in the West and a main attack across the pebble beach in Dieppe. The raiders were scheduled to attack just after dawn, hoping to catch the German defenders in their sleep state. Not long by the time the reserve troops were ordered onto the beaches, the battleship alerted the German forces on land and ruined the element of surprise. The British Commanders were inexperienced and handled this raid
The allies lost a substantial amount of fighters, a total of 3,367 casualties which included 1,946 that were taken in as prisoner and 907 Canadians killed, an extraordinary casualty rate of 68%, only in the matter of 9 hours hours that the battle lasted for, In addition to that, 106 RAF planes and 81 airmen unfortunately never made to the end, compared to the Luftwaffe who did not come nearly as close, losing around 46 aircraft and 591 Germans. The commanding officers who mapped out the raid in Dieppe didn’t expect them to suffer as poorly as they did. But what were some of the reasons behind all this mass destruction? For the most part, they were ultimately let down by poor planning and poor intelligence. They failed to operate their equipment especially when it came to the tanks, which tumbled due to the rocky nature of it. There were also no air support or naval gunfire cover at all. Canadian troops paid the price of it, though they fought valiantly and made the Germans pay for every inch of the …show more content…
The allies wanted to take a hold of a major Channel, doing so by which they planned to have three attacks one in the East, one in the West and a main attack across the pebble beach in Dieppe. The raiders were scheduled to attack just after dawn, hoping to catch the German defenders in their sleep state. Not long by the time the reserve troops were ordered onto the beaches, the battleship alerted the German forces on land and ruined the element of surprise. The British Commanders were inexperienced and handled this raid