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• In 1942, the war was not going well for the Allies• Seize and capture German-occupied port of
Dieppe• Stalin and the Allied hoped that the Dieppe Raid
would relief pressure on Russia• Meant to be a quick in-and-out raid to reassure the Soviet Union, and to act as a rehearsal for the
real invasion of Europe• Test German defences
• August 19, 1942• Approximately 5000 Canadian soldiers along with
other Allied troops invaded Dieppe on the coast of France
• Plan was to make a amphibious assault• Part of the Allied fleet of landing craft encountered
an enemy convoy and the fight began
• Hoped to surprise the Germans by quietly slipping across the
English Channel• Encountered a small
German convoy that alerted German defenses
• Was a disaster• Not intended to be "The Invasion of Europe“
• Nearly 1000 Canadians died and nearly 2000 were taken to prison and forced to surrender
• Prime Minister Mackenzie King was going through the conscription crises and needed a diversion
• It was also suggested that Canadian troops were considered by the Allied powers to be disposable
• First time the Canadians fought directly against the Nazis on ground
• The Dieppe disaster taught the Allies that heavy air and sea support would be required for any
future invasion of France