Eyewitness at Dieppe : The Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid

Eyewitness at Dieppe : The Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

In August 1942, Allied forces mounted an attack on the German-held port of Dieppe; titled Operation Jubilee, it represented a rehearsal for invasion. The amphibious attack saw over 6,000 infantrymen, predominantly Canadian, put ashore, tasked with destroying German structures and gathering intelligence.\nThe doomed raid was an abject failure, and became Canada's worst military disaster.\nEyewitness at Dieppe is a long-overdue reissue of New Zealand-born writer Wallace Reyburn's dramatic account of the raid. He was with the first soldiers clambering ashore, and aboard the last ship returning to England after six hours of carnage.\nAwarded an OBE as the only war correspondent to witness the street fighting first-hand, Reyburn was fortunate not be numbered among Dieppe's dead, suffering\n\nEyewitness at Dieppe\nThe Only First-Hand Account of WWII's Most Disastrous Raid\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked serv;

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