Context: Dieppe Raid 1942 - Operation JUBILEE (3).

Continued Reports from Dieppe and Other War Fronts

From The Winnipeg Tribune, August 22 - 24 1942

[Photo: Originally published in Great Britain; in The Tribune Aug. 24 1942   ]

Introduction:

Canadians in Combined Operations spent most of their time aboard landing crafts and on various bodies of water while training (e.g., in Scotland's lochs or on the Thames River east of London) or during raids and invasions. But much was taking place on land, involving troops from around the world, and in the air.

I include items about various topics to strengthen the impression that WW2 was such a big war. It always goes beyond the scope of my father's role.

Please peruse various news, editorial cartoons, hip new movie ads, etc. as found in The Winnipeg Tribune, August 1942.

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A few years ago while researching Southend-on-Sea, home to a navy base my father became familiar with (likely between the Dieppe Raid and the invasion of North Africa), I read that part of the city was completely taken over by Navy and RAF personnel. Where did the residents go? I do not know. More research is needed about that particular time and place of upheaval.

The following article reminds me of that situation:

My father writes in memoirs that when he was on Vancouver Island in 1944 - 45 (after two years overseas with Combined Operations), one of his duties was to teach "Zombies on Navy cutters." He turned daily practice into a ritual for a time and held races to develop esprit de corps. During hot weather he would call the order for "oars up" on a regular basis - as in the photo below - so that the boys would cool off as the water ran down the oars:

News clips that give mention of Canadian Commando units may not be entirely correct or accurate. There may have been Canadian volunteers involved in British Commando units, but I have not read about full units of Canadian commandos as seems to be expressed here:

German subs in the St. Lawrence? Yes, I have read about that, and there may be a video - now showing at the CAPITOL!! - that will tell us more. Come for the subs, stay for the features!!

Full lists of casualties related to the Dieppe Raid are being posted. See Articles: The Dieppe Raid (5).

Much has been reported about the German U-Boats and their heavy blow to Allied shipping, etc. The British subs are fighting back:

RCAF casualty lists appear frequently in Canadian newspapers. Few families would be immune to the grief found on these pages:

News from another war front... Australia:

Dieppe is still a target for attack, now from the air, and with more success:

News from another war front - the Pacific. Canadians in Combined Operations, on Vancouver Island and ready for discharge in late summer 1945, were invited to serve in the Pacific theatre. They turned down that request, saying that they had had enough of war: 

Both Allied and Axis leaders wanted a report after the day of the Dieppe Raid. Hitler would likely feel more positive about what he saw or was achieved. Details about the Allied report will be posted on this site in the future.

More and positive information about various roles that women played during WW2 is appearing on The Tribune and elsewhere:

More context related to the time of the Dieppe raid will follow.

Please link to Context: Dieppe Raid 1942 - Operation JUBILEE (2).

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