Dieppe Raid

This showed the allies that it was crucial to be fully knowledgeable on all physical terrain that was to be travelled in the future. The intelligence provided to the assaulting troops was very poor. This showed allies that for future confrontations, all parties involved must be kept updated on all pertinent information regarding the enemy. This did however, provide a valuable lesson. The technology needed to execute the precision bombing was not made available at the time of Dieppe.

. re restlessly awaiting an opportunity such as this, were sent to a beach on the French coast. The strategies used reduced D-Day casualties to an unexpected minimum. Before they could even make it to shore, they were being slaughtered. Accompanying them, were 1000 Canadians, and 50 Americans. Unfortunately, this information was never delivered to assault commanders. This would have clearly shown that landing on beaches surrounded by 100-200 foot cliffs would leave troops vulnerable, and unable to escape the awaiting Germans. On August 19, 1942, these brave men fought, many knowing that they would never return. The information was in fact available through the top secret breaking of German Enigma Codes4.