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Battles of
WW2
- August 19, 1942 - Raids on Dieppe
- Test for a full scale
invasion of Western
Europe, and test
Germany's defence
along the French coast,
and to gather intel on
German's responses.
- Town of Dieppe,
on the coast of
France.
- 5000 of 6100
troops involved at
the Raids of
Dieppe were
Canadians
- Royal Regiment of
Canada, Black
Watch,South
Saskatchewan
Regiment,Queen's Own
Cameron Highlanders of
Canada, Essex Scottish
Regiment, Les Fusiliers
- Allies also wanted to
prove to Germans that
could hold a major port.
- Lasted over 9 hours
- Involvement
- Canada, United
Kingdom
- Germany
- Strategies
- Four flank attacks
were planned for
just before dawn
- main frontal
assault on the
town of Dieppe
- Surprise was
key to the
plan.
- The RAF's main
objectives were to
protect over the naval
force and beach
heads and force the
Luftwaffe forces into
the battle.
- Led by Major-General J. M. Roberts
- Also know as,
Operation Rutter
- Casualties
- Canadian
- RCAF lost 13
aircraft and 10
pilots
- 3,367 casualties
- including 1,946
taken prisoner
and 907
Canadians killed
- Royal Navy lost
1 destroyer
33 landing crafts
550 dead and wounded
- British
- RAF lost 106
planes and 81
airmen
- 275 commandos
- Germans
- 311 dead,
280 wounded
- Luftwaffe
23 Fw 190
25 Dornier Do 217
- Results
- Landing ships and
escorts on the east met
a small German
convoy. This alerted the
Germans, eliminating
the element of surprise.
- This encounter readied the
Germans and since Royal
Regiment of Canada landed
late on Puys beach,The
Germans forced the
Canadians to surrender.
- Most of the South
Saskatchewans and
Cameron Highlanders
were successfully
evacuated, but the
rearguard did not.
- The tanks were supposed to
support the troops, but all
entrances to Dieppe were
blocked by barriers, trapping
any tanks that made it that far.
- A general withdrawal order
was given at 11 am. The
Allied forces retreated, and
changed their military
strategies to weaken
German defence.
- June 6,
1994- D Day
- Strategies Used
- Allies convinced
Germans that
their intended
target was Pas
de Calais
- Make fake planes,
land crafts,tanks
around de Calais
- Germans retreated
after they were
attacked from the east,
west, and south by
allied forces.
- By June 11, 1994,
326,547 troops,
54186 vehicles and
104 428 tons of
supplies had been
landed on the
beaches of French
- Leaders
- US Army general
Dwight D Eisenhower
and British General
Bernard Montgomery.
- Results
- The allies won as the
Germans were caught
by surprise and were
extrememly
unprepared.
- The allies pushed to Berlin,and
as they crossed the continent, they
freed every country of Nazi control
- In April 1945. the USSR were
the first to reach Berlin, and as
they took over the city, HItler
learned about Mussolini`s
death.
- Mussolini was executed by
his own people, and to
escape the same situation,
Hitler committed suicide in
his bunker, on April 30th
1945.
- A week later on May 7th, Germany officially
surrendered, and on May 8th, 1945, Europeans
celebrated this as VE Day ( Victory in Europe)
- Largest
seaborne
invasion in
History
- Allied
invasion of
Normandy
- Americans
attack Utah and
Omaha
beaches
- 15 500 airborne troops
- 23 250 on Utah beach
- 34 250 Omaha beach
- British
attacked Cold
and Sword
beaches
- 24 970 on Gold beach
- 28 845 on Sword beach
- Canadian
attack Juno
beach
- 21,400 on
Juno Beach
- Involvment
- Germany
- UK,
Canada,
and US
- Operation Neptune -
involved landing the
troops on the
beaches, and all
others helped
establish a beach in
French
- began on D day
(June 6 1944) and
ended on June 30
1944
- Operation Overload-
Overload was the
codename of the Allied
invasion of north-west
Europe
- Operation
Overlord also
began on D day,
and continued
until Allied forces
crossed the River
Seine on 19
August 1944
- 1213 naval combat, 4126 landing
ships and landing crafts, 736
ancillary craft and 864 merchant
vessels, 195 700 personnel were
assigned.
- Casualties
- Canadian
- The losses at
Juno beach are
340 killed, 574
wounded and 47
taken prisoner
- British
- 1000 on Gold beach
and Sword Beach.
Airborne troops 600
killed and 600
missing
- US
- 465 dead, 3184
wounded, 1928
missing , 26 captured,
and 2499 casualties
were from the US
airborne troops
- Germany
- 4000 to 9000 men killed.
Naval losses included 24
warships 35
merchantmen120 vessels