The Shame And The Glory: Dieppe.

Title: The Shame And The Glory: Dieppe.
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The Shame And The Glory: Dieppe.
August 19, 1942. The Dieppe Raid would prove to be one of the most shameful and tragic disasters of World War Two to the many Canadian troops and British Commandoes who were killed, wounded, and taken prisoner. Yet at the same time, it can also be considered a lesson well learned. The Canadians first engagement with the German forces in World War Two was at The Dieppe Raid, and there encounter was a terrible one. The Canadians …showed first 75 words of 1436 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1436 total…many lessons had been learned. These lessons were later used on the landing at Normandy, which was a success, and were said to have saved many lives. "It is impossible to overestimate the value of Dieppe. It was the turning point in the technique of invasion. Many vital lessons were learned... For every man who died at Dieppe in 1942, at least ten or more must have been spared in the invasion of Normandy in 1944" (Mountbatten).

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