German Propaganda Footage about the Dieppe Raid- 26 August 1942

The Dieppe Raid, officially called “Operation Jubilee“ on August 19th, 1942, was an amphibious landing on the important port city of Dieppe in northern German-occupied France. It was the first time the western Allies attempted a landing in Western Europe during WWII. 10,500 Allied soldiers, the majority of them Canadians from the 2nd Infantry Division and the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment landed at Dieppe. Included in this force were four British commando units and also 50 US Army Rangers which were attached to various British units. Their task was to capture the city and hold it for a short time, testing the German response and destroying important facilites in the harbor and the city. However, the attack failed. German forces, the 302nd Static Division, around 1,500 men with coastal artillery support, were able to defend their landing zones and deny the Allied forces to move further inland. The Allies allocated 50 of their new Churchill tanks to this landing operation, but