Essay Archive - The Raid of Dieppe
The Raid of Dieppe
"On August 19th, 1942, at a small port on the French coast between LeHarve and Boulogne the Allied forces staged a raid". The Dieppe Raid was a waste of life as well as equipment, which in the end accomplished little. " There were many reasons for this raid, a major one was to test the capabilities of the Western Allies in a large-scale beach landing. This raid was a planned assault, it was supposed to draw German forces away from the Russian front. The outcome of the battle of Dieppe was unexpected. Some said that the defeat o....
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