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Friday 17 August 2012
Dieppe remembers bloody WWII battle
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Dieppe's pebble beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942.
Canada Dept of National Defence
By Mike Woods

Seventy years ago the French costal town of Dieppe, in Normandy, saw one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Nearly two-thirds of the 6,000 allied soldiers who stormed the beach on 19 August 1942 were killed or captured. Today the battle is seen as an important step towards the D-Day invasion two years later and an important date in Dieppe’s own history.

 

tags : France - Normandy - World War
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