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    Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during...
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    Dieppe (French pronunciation: [djɛp]; Norman: Dgieppe) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport...
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  • the Dieppe Raid Dieppe (board game), a board wargame simulating the Dieppe Raid Dieppe (film), a 1993 Canadian miniseries about the raid Dieppe Commandos...
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    another raid on the French coastal town of Hardelot. On 22 August 1942, No. 4 Commando was one of three Commando units selected for the Dieppe raid. Under...
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  • following incidents at the recent Dieppe Raid and on a small raid on the Channel Island of Sark by the Small Scale Raiding Force, with some men of No. 12...
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  • the 302nd Infantry Division when it successfully defended against the Dieppe Raid. Haase joined the Imperial German Army as an artillery officer cadet...
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    after day nothing.' An Allied amphibious raid, to determine if a large landing could be attempted, was made at Dieppe, France on 19 August 1942. The Allies...
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    August 1942, in the Dieppe Raid in France. The Dieppe raid was planned to temporarily take control of the French port of Dieppe using a strong force...
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    Lofoten Islands and Vaagso, in Norway, before taking part in the costly Dieppe raid in August 1942, where the unit was tasked with knocking out a German...
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    in 1946 to commemorate the Second World War's Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid of 1942. It is officially a francophone city; with 63.8% of the population...
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    the battalion returned to Brest and then to Britain. Apart from the Dieppe Raid in August 1942, the frustrated Canadian Army fought no significant engagement...
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  • Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-986-X. Neillands, Robin Neillands (2006). The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition. Indiana University Press...
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    brigade's component units saw action individually in Norway and the Dieppe Raid (in France), before being combined under one commander for service in...
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    Chiefs of Staff Committee in early 1942, and organised the raids on St Nazaire and Dieppe. In August 1943, Mountbatten became Supreme Allied Commander...
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    4 Commando, leading them in a successful component of the abortive Dieppe Raid (Operation Jubilee) on 19 August. His commando attacked and destroyed...
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    Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid was the first time American troops fought on French soil in the war. It was a commando raid on Dieppe, France, that was...
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  • naval commander and politician. He was the Naval Commander during the Dieppe Raid of 1942. Hughes-Hallett was born in December 1901, to a distinguished...
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    Mediterranean and in the Pacific. In part because of lessons learned in the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942, the Allies decided not to directly assault a heavily...
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    Verona: Read Books. ISBN 978-1-4067-5957-0. Neilands, Robin (2005). The Dieppe Raid. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34781-5. St. George...
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    Amphibious operations can be classified as tactical or operational raids such as the Dieppe Raid, operational landings in support of a larger land strategy such...
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    the German-occupied port of Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942. The Dieppe Raid was largely a failure, but it...
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  • Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid by Brian Loring Villa. The series chronicled the events that led up to the infamous World War II Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942...
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    dock and installations. The second attack was the Dieppe Raid, launched near the French port of Dieppe in August 1942 to test the German defences and provide...
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    politician. He received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Foote is the only Canadian chaplain to be awarded the Victoria...
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  • secretly participated in the Dieppe Raid in a failed pinch raid for an Enigma machine and related materials. Fleming observed the raid from HMS Fernie, 700 yards...
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  • Air Force electronics and radar expert who played a key role in the Dieppe raid. His actions during the operation resulted in the Allies' gaining vital...
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    HMS Queen Emma (category World War II British Commando raids)
    British Commandos, and she participated in the Lofoten Islands Raid and the Dieppe Raid. She had the advantage of a high speed that allowed hit and run...
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  • Commonwealth army units conducted coastal raids in German-Occupied Europe, the largest of which was the Dieppe raid of 1942. British Commonwealth air force...
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  • for part-time service. The battalion's mortar platoon took part in the Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942. On 6 July 1944, the battalion landed in France as...
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    Americans resorted to landing men and material over the open beaches. The Dieppe Raid of 1942 had shown that the Allies could not rely on being able to penetrate...
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