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Dieppe 1942

Prelude to D-Day

Ken Ford author Howard Gerrard illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:20th Jun '03

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

Dieppe 1942 cover

A compact, illustrated examination of the Dieppe raid of August 1942: one of the most controversial actions of World War II.

Operation ‘Jubilee’ was a frontal assault on a fortified port landing the latest equipment and armour directly on to the beach. The main force would destroy the port facilities while other smaller landings dealt with anti-aircraft and coastal batteries. The raid itself turned into a fiasco. The assault force was pinned down on the beach and three quarters of the 5,000 troops landed were lost.

Featuring archive photography and full-colour maps, this book analyses the disastrous raid and examines contrasting conclusions drawn by the Allies and the Germans.

ISBN: 9781841766249

Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 8mm

Weight: 325g

96 pages