Dieppe Landing Locations
Dieppe Results
Yellow Beach The mission of No. 3 commando was to land on Yellow Beach 1 and 2 at Benavel and destroy the Goebbels Battery. Most commandoes were loaded in very vulnerable plywood boats. Nearly 7-8 boats were behind the schedule due to the engine troubles. At 3:47am British and German ships collided and it began. SGB 5’ armament was destroyed shortly after. Sgt Clive Collen’s entire naval personal were either wounded or killed by a shell and he was instructed to steer for France but once he saw the massacre he turned around for England. John Smale and Tom Gerrard jump into the water after their eureka was attacked. Gerrard drowned in the water because he was unable to untie his shoes. Submarine 1411 was unable to send in emergency signal because its antenna had been shot away. Even though, they suffered great damage; it’s a known fact that Germans were slow to act. They believed it to be a customary attack.
After the horrible sea battle, remaining soldiers headed towards Yellow Beach 2 for the Battery. They found the location for the battery through two locals. They were fired upon again once they got close to the Battery. They were forced to hide in a cornfield and launch an attack from there. After an hour of this, Battery was reduced to virtually impotence and the other soldiers were running out of ammunition. They soon turned around and headed back to England. They did the best they could but there were some issues such as navigational errors and half of their gear was in the boats that did not arrive on time.
The No. 4 Commando were instructed to attack “Hess Battery” that was located in a village four miles west of Dieppe. The plan was that 88 men led by Darek Mills-Roberts would land on Orange Beach 1 and launch a frontal attack on the Battery. The other 164 men lead by Lovat would land on Orange Beach and launch an attack from the rear. However, as soon as Lovat’s boats reached the beach; they were attacked. They were to cross the wire which they described as ‘almost high as a ceiling’ while they were being shot at. Lovat and Gordan Web who had been wounded in his right arm were out of the ones who made it across. However, Mill’s men were able to cut the wire and across because Germans were completely unaware of their attack.
Roberts had reached close to the Battery earlier than he was supposed to launch an attack. However, once he received the report that Battery had attack British ships he decided to take quick action. Their attack did not demolish the Battery but certainly silenced it. He then went back into the defensive position and awaited Lovat’s arrival. However, Lovat’s men were attacked once they neared the Battery. However, they were successful in gaining control of the Battery. As soon as they were done, they spread Union Jack on the ground with bodies of dead soldiers lying beside it; In case allied aircraft attempted to attack the Battery. Then, they destroyed the weaponry. They were attacked once again by the Germans who had survived the initial attack. However, their task was done. The battery had been destroyed so they gladly withdrew away to the beach. They managed to bring most of the wounded along with them. However, Lovat’s men that were wounded were forced to stay back and were taken prisoners by Germans. Losses among No. 4 Commando were as such: 2 officers and 10 other ranks killed, 13 men left behind or missing, three officers and 17 other ranks wounded.
The Royal regiment was to attack a mile to the east of Dieppe between Bernavel and main assault on the port. The mission was codenamed Blue Beach and its main target was the Village of Puys. They were to storm the beach and gain the cliff top. They were also instructed to deal with the anti-aircraft battery, destroy German Barracks at camp known as Les glyciens and capture the four-gun heavy Battery. If this was done on time, they were also assigned the task to provide support to engineers who would blow up the gas work. As soon as they reached ashore, searchlights were turned on and they came under heavy fire. They were massacred and it was so horrible that some Royals were too demoralized to leave their landing crafts and they were forced to do so on the gun point by their officers.
Two large LCMs and four landing crafts arrived late due to navigational errors and they were forced to stay inside. They could see the bodies of Royal soldiers piled up towards the wall. Once they reached the wall they realized that it was mounted with a barbed wire. These soldiers were not trained for a situation like this. They were not even aware of any barbed wire. Once they reached the wall; they had realized that it’s impossible to get on the other side alive. One of the officers shouted to retreat. Ten minutes after this, a third wave touched down. Despite some achievements, they suffered the same losses. 26 officers and 528 other ranks had gone into the Blue Beach. Only 2 officers and 63 other ranks made it back to England. Those who made it back to England did so in LCM. 201 ranks were killed in Puys, two officers and 16 men died in captivity, and 262 became prisoners of the war.
The objective of the main assault group, the South Saskatchewan Regiment, was to secure Pourville (Green Beach Dieppe Dieppe Dieppe
The South Saskatchewan Regiment landed without being detected at . Unfortunately, the landing crafts drifted off course and landed them west of their objective. This miscalculation took away the Canadians element of surprise and allowed the Germans to man their machine gun positions. As well as missing the proposed landing sites, the South Saskatchewan Regiment was forced to enter the town of Pourville
The Cameron Highlanders of Canada landed a half hour late of their schedule time and faired little better than the South Saskatchewan Regiment. They too suffered heavy losses. Although they were able to penetrate the furthest of any troops during the Dieppe Raid, they failed to obtain their objective as a result of new German reinforcements arriving in the area.
The Main Landing - Red Beach White Beach
The beach at Dieppe Red Beach Blue Beach White Beach Green Beach
The first wave of landing occurred at in a haze of dense fog created by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to cover the assaulting troop’s invasion. Prior to the landings, the RAF had also bombed German positions. The initial landings were able to reach the seawall, but they lacked the support of tanks which were to land at the same time. The tanks did not arrive for another ten minutes. During this time the Germans were able to recover from the initial shock and began firing down on the Canadians assaulting the beach. As a result, the Canadians became stuck at the seawall.
Once the tanks arrived on the beach the German heavy guns zeroed in on them. The tanks provided little relief for the men on the seawall as they had a difficult time negotiating the beach with its shingles and large rocks. Most of the tanks could not move off the beach and were knocked out by the German heavy guns. Of the 29 tanks that landed on the beach, only 15 breached the seawall. Despite this there were too many obstacles past the seawall to allow them to advance any further. By the invasion was called off and an evacuation was ordered. The remaining tanks were used in helping the troops evacuate the beach. None of the tank crews made it out of Dieppe
