Dieppe 1942

Prelude to D-Day

Ken Ford author Howard Gerrard illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:12th Jun '03

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Dieppe 1942 cover

The illustrator, Howard Gerrard, has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy.

The raid on Dieppe in August 1942 was one of the most controversial episodes of World War II. This study of the event explores the many lessons learned by all concerned, and how this led to a change of tactics and contributed to the success of the D-Day landings.There is no doubt that the raid in force on Dieppe in August 1942 was one of the most controversial episodes of the Second World War. The high number of casualties and prisoners taken led to much recrimination. On the face of it the raid was an unmitigated disaster, with none of the objectives achieved, bar one - 4 Commando successfully destroyed Hess Battery. Of the 5,100 troops landed, almost three quarters were killed, wounded or captured. Some see the raid as a rehearsal for D-Day, and lessons learned from the debacle regarding combined operations have contributed to a justification for the great loss of life.

ISBN: 9781841766249

Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 8mm

Weight: 318g

96 pages