"Dieppe 75th" Topic
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| KevinV | 20 Aug 2017 8:01 a.m. PST |
Missed by a day, yesterday was the 75th Anniversary of the raid on Dieppe during WWII. Four actual veterans were in attendance for the commemoration ceremony.
Cheers |
martin goddard  | 20 Aug 2017 8:20 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 20 Aug 2017 1:57 p.m. PST |
I still think this would make a good movie |
| Khusrau | 20 Aug 2017 2:18 p.m. PST |
Very courageous operation. It must have been an appalling disappointment to feel you were a guinea pig at the expense of so many friends and colleagues. |
Frederick  | 20 Aug 2017 3:24 p.m. PST |
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| boy wundyr x | 20 Aug 2017 9:19 p.m. PST |
CBC did a TV movie about 22 years ago, was mostly filmed around Prince Edward County in Ontario, which has a WWII BCATP airbase still standing and some suitable beaches. |
| boy wundyr x | 21 Aug 2017 8:08 a.m. PST |
Ok, movie was 24 years ago: imdb.com/title/tt0106720 Apparently the DVD version has an older documentary with participants. I've just started reading "One Day in August", which argues the raid was cover for an attempt to steal a new Enigma machine and codebook. Seems ok so far. |
| Jakar Nilson | 21 Aug 2017 12:50 p.m. PST |
It would be great to be able to watch the CBC miniseries again… |
| IronDuke596 | 22 Aug 2017 2:39 p.m. PST |
In 1984 I had the privelge and honour to organize a battlefield tour to Dieppe. We had the additonal honour to have Brigadier Peter Young with us as a guide of honour. He was a Brtish Commando major during Dieppe. His unit No. 3 Commando's mission was to neutralize one of the heavy German guns on the cliffs at Berneval east of Dieppe. A truly larger than life character (and a wargamer) and a gentleman. It was an honour to retrace that ill fated operation and to remember those gallant Canadians, Brits and Americans. |
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