With its trademark you are there style, Mark Zuehlke's tenth Canadian Battle Series volume tells the story of the 1942 Dieppe raid. Nicknamed The Poor Man's Monte Carlo, Dieppe had no strategic importance, but with the Soviet Union thrown on the ropes by German invasion and America having just entered the war, Britain was under intense pressure to launch a major cross-Channel attack against France.Since 1939, Canadian troops had massed in Britain and trained for the inevitable day of the mass invasion of Europe that would finally occur in 1944.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.54/21425
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781553658351 9781553658368
- LCCN
- D756.5 D5
- LCCN Item number
- Z84 2012eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (436 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00230884 (OCoLC)818017293 (CaOOCEL)444333
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 10
- Acknowledgements 12
- Preface 14
- Maps 17
- Introduction: A Crescendo of Activity 24
- Part One: The Twisting Path to Dieppe 34
- 1. A Boldly Imaginative Group 36
- 2. For the Sake of Raiding 48
- 3. A Fantastic Conception 64
- 4. Of Considerable Difficulty 79
- 5. Trial and Error 94
- 6. These Are Anxious Days 111
- 7. What a Blow! 123
- Part Two: Rebirth 134
- 8. A Brainwave 136
- 9. Fraught with Alarming Warnings 150
- 10. Our Historic Task 166
- 11. The Die Was Cast 179
- 12. The Most Remarkable Thing 195
- Part Three: The Raid 210
- 13. Good Luck to All of You 212
- 14. Smash and Grab 225
- 15. The Real Thing 238
- 16. Hell of a Fix 254
- 17. Such a Carnage 269
- 18. Murderous Crossfire 286
- 19. A Death Trap 298
- 20. Situation Very Grim 316
- 21. Pretty Shaky All Around 332
- 22. Very Heartbreaking 345
- 23. Sorry, Lads 360
- Epilogue: Dieppe in Memory 376
- Appendix A 385
- Appendix B 387
- Notes 392
- Bibliography 425
- General Index 432
- Index of Formations, Units and Corps 444
- About the Author 448
