WW II
CANADA'S ROLE
WHILE IT WAS A JOINT MISSION WITH BRITAIN, THIS WAS AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE CANADA'S FIGHT AS THE NATION PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DIEPPE RAID. THOUGH NOT IT'S PROUDEST MOMENT, CANADA TODAY PAYS ITS RESPECT TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
Canada By The Sheer Numbers
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-4963 Canadian troops
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-A fleet of 237 barges, including 6 destroyer tanks.

-5 major regiments
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-3 minor regiments
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-3,367 casualties - including 1,946 taken prisoner and 907 Canadians killed
Targets of the Fleets:
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- -#4 Commando (Britain) - Varengeville
- -#3 Commando (Britain) -Berneval Beach
- -South Saskatchewan Regiment/SSR (Canada)- Pourville
- -Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada/QOCHC (Canada) - Pourville
- -Royal Regiment of Canada (Canada) - Puys Beach
- -Essex Scottish Regiment (Britain) -Central Dieppe
- -Royal Hamilton Light Infantry/14th Army Tank Regiment (Canada)- Central Dieppe
- -Les Fusiliers Mont Royal (Canada/Montreal)-Central Dieppe (Town)
- -Royal Marine Commando (Britain)-Central Dieppe
- -Royal Navy (Britain)- Reinforcement/ Protection for Fleets
- -Royal Air Force/RAF (Britain)-Luftwaffe/Dieppe
- -Luftwaffe (Germany) - Defend Dieppe
- -Nazi Military (Germany) - Defend Dieppe
Events of the Canadian Fleets

- Almost 240 ships left the British Post on the night of AUgust 18th. As they started to approach the French shore they ran into a German convoy which alerted. Which alerted coastal defences at Berneval and Puys, leaving little chance of success.
- WESTERN FLANK
- On the western side of the town, the No. 4 Commando operation destroyed the guns in the battery near Varengeville, and then left safely. At Pourville, the South Saskatchewan Regiment and Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada had some degree of surprise, and initial opposition was light. But as they crossed the River Scie and pushed ahead Dieppe proper, lots of fighting developed and the Saskatchewan's were stopped far from the town.
- EASTERN FLANK
- Two km east of Dieppe, at 0500, the Royal Regiment of Canada made their approach to the narrow beach of Puys, a small seaside village. At 0507, the first LCA lowered its ramp. Canadian soldiers dashed ahead in a bloody hail of machine-gun and mortar fire, and fell in waves, shot down by bullets and shrapnel.
Canadian soldiers boarding ship
The target for the Allies? The Nazis
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Canadian soldiers charging the shore of Dieppe, only to meet their doom
Link: http://www.mta.ca/library/courage/jpegs/landingcraft.jpg