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Dieppe raid

Dieppe Raid
Part of the North West Europe Campaign of World War II
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-362-2211-04, Dieppe, Landungsversuch, englischer Spähpanzer.jpg
Dieppe's chert beach and cliff immediately following the raid on 19 August 1942. A Dingo Scout Car has been abandoned.
Date 19 August 1942
Location Dieppe, France
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Canada
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Free France
Poland Poland
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Louis Mountbatten
Canada J. H. Roberts
United Kingdom Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Gerd von Rundstedt
Konrad Haase
Strength

Infantry

Canada 2nd Canadian Infantry Division

United Kingdom No. 3 Commando
No. 4 Commando*
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (part)
United States 50 U.S. Army Rangers, attached to No. 4 Commando
Free France 15 commandos attached to No. 10 Commando.

Royal Navy
237 ships and landing barges including eight destroyers
30 RN Commando
40 Commando RM

Royal Air Force
74 Squadrons

~10,500 men
302nd Static Infantry Division
~1,500 men
Does not include Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine
Casualties and losses
Ground forces
Canada:
907 killed,
586 wounded,
1,946 captured
United Kingdom:
275 commandos
Royal Navy
1 destroyer
33 landing craft
550 dead and wounded
Royal Air Force
64 Supermarine Spitfire fighters
20 Hawker Hurricane fighters
6 Douglas Boston bombers
10 North American Mustang Mk 1 fighters
62 killed, 30 wounded, 17 captured
Ground forces
Germany:
311 killed,
280 wounded
Luftwaffe
23 Fw 190
25 Dornier Do 217
Kriegsmarine
1 submarine chaser UJ-1404 sunk
Dieppe Raid is located in France
Dieppe Raid
Location within France

Infantry

Canada 2nd Canadian Infantry Division

United Kingdom No. 3 Commando
No. 4 Commando*
No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando (part)
United States 50 U.S. Army Rangers, attached to No. 4 Commando
Free France 15 commandos attached to No. 10 Commando.


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