{"id":7343,"date":"2023-09-05T13:03:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:40:12","slug":"19-august-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=7343","title":{"rendered":"19 August 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"

19 August 2023 was the 81 st anniversary of the disasterous Canadian raid on the French harbour town of Dieppe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following legacy photos were shot with a 35mm film camera in a tour I did of the town back in\u00a0 the 80s and have been scanned into a more modern digital format.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the debat lingers on as to the strategy and tactics of the raid,\u00a0 painful lessons learned undoubtedly led to the success of the Normandy invasion two years later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>RUE DU 19 AOUT 1942, DIEPPE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>APPROACH TO DIEPPE HARBOUR (NOTCH IN THE CHALK CLIFFS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>VIEW OF DIEPPE BEACH FROM SOUTHERN CLIFF<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>GERMAN GUN EMPLACEMENT ATOP SOUTHERN CLIFF<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>VIEW OF DIEPPE’S SHINGLE BEACH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tank tracks spun uselessly in the shingles and few were able to mount as far as the sea wall, thereby dooming the mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>VIEW OF BEACH RISE TO SEA WALL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>VIEW FROM SEA WALL ACROSS SEA FRONT PARK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>FURTHEST PENETRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dieppe Church, two blocks in,\u00a0 pockmarked with Canadian rocket shells shot at German defenders inside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>STREET MEMORIAL TO TWO FALLEN SOLDIERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>CEMETERY OF CANADIAN RAID DEAD<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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