[iowamark]

Unknown when this will be shown in the US. Dieppe is a matter of deep interest for Canadians as the ground troops were Canadian.

[iowamark]

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[oh8eleven]

military historian David O'Keefe to make the case that the doomed dawn raid had a purpose and a complexity that went far beyond its legacy as a military failure.
With all due respect, it doesn't make any difference ... the sad fact will remain that the Canadian troops got their butts kicked.

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Most History Television programs are streamed from the globaltv.com website starting the day after they are broadcast. I will post a link tomorrow if this doc is available onling.

[sometime lurker]

Would love to see this documentary. I’ve read quite a bit about D-day, and whatever I could find about Dieppe, which wasn’t much. In the US few people seem to know about the Canadian heroism at Dieppe, or even that a battle happened there, which is very sad.
In memory of the brave Canadians at Dieppe!

[Celtic Cross]

I believe the Germans erected some sort of monument to the Canadians at the time, or allowed the local French to do so?

[yarddog]

I read a story many years ago about the Browning Hi-Power getting it’s first real combat test at Dieppe.

These were Canadian ones made by Englis. The verdict was that it performed superbly.

[Snickering Hound]

The History Channel will most likely uncover that the Germans were helped by aliens.

[PAR35]

Dieppe is another good example of the willingness of the British to use Commonwealth troops when high casualties may be expected.

On the other hand, it’s always been my understanding that the target of the raid was the radar installation, not the local headquarters.

[blueunicorn6]

Some fine, brave Soldiers.

[rmlew]

I wish we had real history documentaries in the US. The Military Channel is running a 2 hour peice on JFK's assassination. The History Channel is running "Pawn Stars" and H2 is running "Cash Cowboys".
It could be worse, however. Their recent documentaries were self-indulgent onnanistic garbage. World War II in Collar wasn't a war doucmentary, but a PC selection of letters with film that didn't match. World War I in color wasn't any better. And "America the Story of US" was so bad that I pined for a solar flare to take out their broadcast.