1000 Men, 1000 Stories : Context: Dieppe Raid 1942 - Operations RUTTER/JUBILEE (Entries No. 1

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Context: Dieppe Raid 1942 - Operations RUTTER/JUBILEE (Entries No. 1 - 13).

News About World War II Events, Editorials, Cartoons, Ads and More.

Published in The Winnipeg Tribune from June 27 to August 18, 1942

Thirteen Consecutive Entries, Including Some Very Rare Items.

[Canadian soldiers race along a riverbed while conducting assault training at

Aldershot, England in August 1942. Credit - Library and Archives Canada.

As found in Training for Operation Jubilee by Caroline D'Amours ]

Introduction:

Many actions took place on several war fronts as Allied planners prepared for Operations RUTTER (July 7, 1942) and Operation JUBILEE (Aug. 19, 1942), i.e., the raid on Dieppe, France.

Over the course of approx. seven full weeks, from June 27 to August 18, 1942, scores of items published in The Winnipeg Tribune (now digitized) help inform readers about training activities, tensions amongst world leaders, pressures on top Allied leaders to develop plans for a Second Front, and more.

Many news clippings and editorials inform us of the times in which Canadian troops were preparing for their first action, and a few put the spotlight on members of the Canadian Navy who manned escort ships in convoys or landing crafts (e.g., Canadians in RCNVR and Combined Ops) that would be used in the raid on Dieppe.

I have already posted 13 entries under the heading "Context: Dieppe Raid 1942 - Operations RUTTER/JUBILEE" and they are organized here in consecutive order for the convenience of readers.