The Dieppe Raid
In August 1942, Allied forces launched a hit and run raid on the German occupied French port of Dieppe. Almost immediately things started to go wrong.
In the early hours of 19th August 1942, a convoy of Allied ships approached the port of Dieppe carrying more than 6,000 troops. The mainly Canadian force was supposed to carry out a hit and run raid that would help the Allies learn and plan for the real invasion of occupied France later in the war. But almost immediately things started to go wrong.
Ronald Miles, then aged 20, was a crew member on a landing craft.
(Photo: Two German prisoners brought back from the Allied raid on Dieppe, blindfolded after landing. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)
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