Dieppe: Casualties of War

This site compares amphibious operations of World War 2 based on four assertions made with regard to the Dieppe raid of August 1942.

  1. Bombers would have made a difference.
  2. A Battleship would have made a difference.
  3. Flank landings would have made a difference.
  4. Experienced troops would have made a difference.

    5. I believe that all of these assertions can be proved false. While it may have been possible to increase the number of German casualties, short of cancelling the raid there was no other way to reduce the casualties of the invader.

    Allied Order of Battle

    German Order of Battle

    Allied Deployment

    German Deployment

    History-Operation Rutter/Jubilee

    Summary of Amphibious Operations

    Battleship Deployments in 1942

    Dieppe Bibliography

    Combined Operations Bibliography

    General Bibliography

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