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A total of 3,367 of the 6,086 men (almost 60%) who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. The [[Royal Air Force]] failed to lure the [[Luftwaffe]] into open battle, and lost 106 aircraft, compared to 48 lost by the Luftwaffe. The [[Royal Navy]] lost 33 landing craft and one destroyer. | A total of 3,367 of the 6,086 men (almost 60%) who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. The [[Royal Air Force]] failed to lure the [[Luftwaffe]] into open battle, and lost 106 aircraft, compared to 48 lost by the Luftwaffe. The [[Royal Navy]] lost 33 landing craft and one destroyer. | ||
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[[Harold Goulding]] of the [[Special Boat Service]] was mentioned in dispatches as the "Senior Landing Officer" for Blue Beach during the Dieppe raid. Reports indicate that a mistake of Lieutenant [[J. I. Lloyd]] delayed the landing by 15 minutes when the boats were forming up,<ref name=lg38045>Supplement to the ''[[London Gazette]]'', 14 August 1947</ref> after which "[Goulding']s actions resulted in further delay".<ref>The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition, p. 173</ref> The delay of the Blue beach landing | [[Harold Goulding]] of the [[Special Boat Service]] was mentioned in dispatches as the "Senior Landing Officer" for Blue Beach during the Dieppe raid. Reports indicate that a mistake of Lieutenant [[J. I. Lloyd]] delayed the landing by 15 minutes when the boats were forming up,<ref name=lg38045>Supplement to the ''[[London Gazette]]'', 14 August 1947</ref> after which "[Goulding']s actions resulted in further delay".<ref>The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition, p. 173</ref> The delay of the Blue beach landing | ||
| − | of the 13th Canadian Infantry Division is reckoned to have greatly aggravated the casualties.<ref name=lg38045/> | + | of the 13th Canadian Infantry Division is reckoned to have greatly aggravated the casualties.<ref name=lg38045/> |
==Deeper significance== | ==Deeper significance== | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 18 July 2015
| Date | 19 August 1942 |
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A WW2 raid on Dieppe which thousands of men were killed or captured.
Contents
Official narrative
A total of 3,367 of the 6,086 men (almost 60%) who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. The Royal Air Force failed to lure the Luftwaffe into open battle, and lost 106 aircraft, compared to 48 lost by the Luftwaffe. The Royal Navy lost 33 landing craft and one destroyer.
Delayed landing
Harold Goulding of the Special Boat Service was mentioned in dispatches as the "Senior Landing Officer" for Blue Beach during the Dieppe raid. Reports indicate that a mistake of Lieutenant J. I. Lloyd delayed the landing by 15 minutes when the boats were forming up,[1] after which "[Goulding']s actions resulted in further delay".[2] The delay of the Blue beach landing of the 13th Canadian Infantry Division is reckoned to have greatly aggravated the casualties.[1]
Deeper significance
In Op JB John Ainsworth-Davis writes that he watched as the events unfolded, and that the raid went according to plan. He states that it was designed to fail - that the Canadian soldiers were sacrificed to the greater cause of bolstering Ainsworth-Davis' credibility as a traitor to the UK government.
Known Participant
All 1 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Harold Goulding | Master mariner, spook and commander of the Special Boat Unit Headquarters who carried out "very secret work". Interest centers on the final month of the war, when Goulding was purportedly posted to Cardiff. Died of meningitis in an Edinburgh hospital 3 months later after another unexpected posting to Scotland. |
Witness
| Witness | Description |
|---|---|
| John Ainsworth-Davis | Author of a first person account of an alternative history in which Martin Bormann was rescued in a secret operation mounted by British Naval Intelligence. |
References
- ↑ a b Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 August 1947
- ↑ The Dieppe Raid: The Story of the Disastrous 1942 Expedition, p. 173
