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From: moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan)
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Subject: Re: Invasion attempt at Dieppe 1942
Keywords: what? where? when? why?
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Date: 19 Jul 90 03:06:07 GMT
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From: moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan)

In article <1990Jul12.025658.19017@cbnews.att.com> ap542!mike@siemens.siemens.com (Mike Hoffmann) writes:
>Can anyone give me information about the allied attempt at an invasion
>at Dieppe in 1942?


I won't argue over whether it was an invasion or not, but rather add this
tidbit.  William Stevenson in "The Man Called Intrepid" discusses that one
of the objectives of the Dieppe raid was to learn more about German radar.
He notes that an important radar expert was sent, along with a bodyguard who
was there to make sure he did not fall into German hands.  Apparently the
information gathered was important for the direction of future Allied
research.

A previous poster noted that some think it was a planned failure.  I 
think that the use of Canadian troops could support that thesis.  Some
Canadians I have talked to feel that British commanders would use the
Commonwealth troops in situations that high casulaties were expected,
simply because they were not British but from "out there."  This certainly
seems supported by other British actions (Gallipoli jumps to mind).


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