On a clear summer night, 237 ships slipped quietly across the English Channel, hoping to surprise the Germans at Dieppe. But part of the landing force encountered a small German convoy ...

For matchless gallantry and inspiring leadership whilst commanding his battalion during the Dieppe raid on the 19th August, 1942. From the point of landing, his unit's advance had to be made ...

and US soldiers and sailors on over 230 ships and landing craft were making their final preparations for Operation Jubilee. Their target was the French port city of Dieppe, just 75 miles from the ...

In August 1942 a raid had been mounted on the French town of Dieppe. It was here that the allies made their first major attempt at a landing on French soil and the result was a disaster.