I was put down as a test to see what it would be like to directly attack an occupied French port , it was no Norway, great idea by meddler Mountbatten unreal!
I can't listen to a computer voice. I'm 66 years old, born in 1957. Fifteen years before my birth my father was a young sergeant in a Canadian regiment who had been stationed in southern England for two years. He was actually a Yank - born during WWI to an American serving in the British army and his English wife - but mostly raised in the USA. My father had enlisted in the US army at the outbreak of WWII in Sept 1939. But frustrated by the inaction of the US to help Britain and the deplorable state of the US Army at the time, he had "deserted" and went to Canada so he could get into the fighting - enlisting the Essex Scottish at Windsor, Ontario in July 1940. While stationed in England he had married an English woman, like his father before him. She was pregnant with his child on Aug 19 1942 when his regiment was sent on the Dieppe Raid. He witnessed the slaughter of his men on the beach, was captured and endured nearly three years of brutal captivity in Germany. His English wife (not my mother) gave birth to their child while he was a POW. There were actually a fair number of US boys serving in the Essex Scottish who were killed or captured at Dieppe.
@@adambrooker5649 Actually it was a raid to learn if it was possible to take a fortified port in a frontal assault without destroying the port facilities in the process and with acceptable casualties.The intelligence services sought to take full advantage of this mission to accomplish TWO secret operations: First to capture a four rotor Enigma machine and code books from the German naval headquarters in Dieppe (who incidentally didn't have one, because only the Submarine service was using that version and the Dieppe headquarters did not control submarines) and the second to dismantle key parts of a German radar station above Puys and return the apparatus to Britain for study. The radar mission is the subject of the book Green Beach by James Leasor published in 1976 way before "pinch raid" David O'keefe tried to claim he had discovered the REAL reason for the Dieppe raid.
Debate continues to this day wherever the lessons learned at Dieppe were necessary or fully incorporated into future amphibious assaults. The British had strongly opposed the American desire that the first major assault against the Reich be in France. Churchill, recalling his own debacle in the Dardanelles during WWI, did not want a repeat of that fiasco. Wiser heads prevailed and North Africa became the first major Allied offensive. So knowing this, why did Churchill allow Operation Jubilee to commence?
It was allowed to commence because this is what Churchill excelled at. Coming up with horrible ideas and paying for his mistakes with the blood of their allies and/or colonies.
This is a really good video. Well done and thanks
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I was put down as a test to see what it would be like to directly attack an occupied French port , it was no Norway, great idea by meddler Mountbatten unreal!
You mean fiddler Mountbatten.
I can't listen to a computer voice. I'm 66 years old, born in 1957. Fifteen years before my birth my father was a young sergeant in a Canadian regiment who had been stationed in southern England for two years. He was actually a Yank - born during WWI to an American serving in the British army and his English wife - but mostly raised in the USA. My father had enlisted in the US army at the outbreak of WWII in Sept 1939. But frustrated by the inaction of the US to help Britain and the deplorable state of the US Army at the time, he had "deserted" and went to Canada so he could get into the fighting - enlisting the Essex Scottish at Windsor, Ontario in July 1940. While stationed in England he had married an English woman, like his father before him. She was pregnant with his child on Aug 19 1942 when his regiment was sent on the Dieppe Raid. He witnessed the slaughter of his men on the beach, was captured and endured nearly three years of brutal captivity in Germany. His English wife (not my mother) gave birth to their child while he was a POW. There were actually a fair number of US boys serving in the Essex Scottish who were killed or captured at Dieppe.
Thank you for sharing your story, much appreciated!
Pinch raid to get 4 rotor enigma machine and codebooks. Allies couldnt read German traffic for 10 months. Desparate measures
Correct, raid was a cover
@@adambrooker5649 Actually it was a raid to learn if it was possible to take a fortified port in a frontal assault without destroying the port facilities in the process and with acceptable casualties.The intelligence services sought to take full advantage of this mission to accomplish TWO secret operations: First to capture a four rotor Enigma machine and code books from the German naval headquarters in Dieppe (who incidentally didn't have one, because only the Submarine service was using that version and the Dieppe headquarters did not control submarines) and the second to dismantle key parts of a German radar station above Puys and return the apparatus to Britain for study. The radar mission is the subject of the book Green Beach by James Leasor published in 1976 way before "pinch raid" David O'keefe tried to claim he had discovered the REAL reason for the Dieppe raid.
Good concise explanation, especially when listened to at double speed.
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Debate continues to this day wherever the lessons learned at Dieppe were necessary or fully incorporated into future amphibious assaults. The British had strongly opposed the American desire that the first major assault against the Reich be in France. Churchill, recalling his own debacle in the Dardanelles during WWI, did not want a repeat of that fiasco. Wiser heads prevailed and North Africa became the first major Allied offensive. So knowing this, why did Churchill allow Operation Jubilee to commence?
It was allowed to commence because this is what Churchill excelled at. Coming up with horrible ideas and paying for his mistakes with the blood of their allies and/or colonies.
Half arsed, with inadequate support and a vague plan for what would happen if it actually worked…
What could possibly go wrong?
At least you are crediting wikipedia.
A horrible unnecessary slaughter
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