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 forces achieved next to none of the objectives of the raid on the beaches of France, causing this mission to end in a failure. The idea of the raid was to make a sea-borne assault on the Dieppe port, obtain military superiority in the town and surrounding area by eliminating the German artillery, gather prisoners and intelligence, and to hold the area for a day then pull out. To the planners of the raid, this was far easier said than done.…