#Raid de Dieppe

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Les corps de soldats canadiens gisent parmi les péniches de débarquement endommagées et les chars "Churchill" du Calgary Regiment à la suite de l'opération Jubilee (Raid de Dieppe) - Dieppe - 19 août 1942

©Bibliothèque et Archives Canada - 3192368

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"A DIEPPE, J'AI DONNE UN HOMME," Le Soleil. October 22, 1942. Page 11. ---- LE CANADA A BESOIN DE $750,000,000 ---- REGARDEZ autour de vous. La, par la porte entr'ouverte de leur chambre, vous voyez deux petites sites brunes ou blondes qui reposent dans leurs songes. Le menace d'une mort venue de cinl e trouble pas les sommeil. Votre femme écoute à la radio son émission favorite, votre fils ciné (il est peu être en uniforme) écrit à la jeune fille qu'il aime. Vous, vous lisez les nouvelles de la guerre.

Regardes bien autour de vous. Faites l'inventaire des biens les plus précieux de l'homme: sa maison, sa famille, ses espoirs. Ces bien, d'autres hommes, les possédaient oui, qui ne les ont plus. Pas plus que vous ils ne souhaitaient la guerre. Pas plus que vous ils ne la croyaient possible. Mais pour eux, il est trop tard...

Pour vous, il est temps encore. Le pays se charge de sauvegarder ce que vous avez de plus cher, Il ne demande pas en retour que vous la faissez le don de votre argent. Il vous exhorte simplement à le lui prêter. Il s'engage à vous le remettre et à vous payer des intérêts. Cet engagement qu'il contacte envers vous, c'est une obligation de la Victoire. Il n'y a pas de placement plus sur. Le Pays vous invite à placer dans ses Obligations de la Victoire tout ce que vous pouvez épargner.

Est-ce trop demander? Eh bien, des mamans ont donné leur fils, des femmes ont donné leur mari, des hommes ont donné... leur vie. Prèterez-vous au Pays?

QUARTIER GENERAL LOCAL DE L'EMPRUNT DE LA VICTOIRE 56, rue SAINT-PIERRE Téléphone: 2-8285 PLUS RIEN N'IMPORTE, SAUF LA VICTOIRE ACHETEZ DES OBLIGATIONS DE LA VICTOIRE

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July 8th 1911 saw the birth of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, the Chief of Clan Fraser, Scottish aristocrat and soldier.

Lovat was involved in the formation of the Commandos, the Dieppe Raid and D-Day. As 24th Chieftain of Clan Fraser, Shimi – MacShimidh to give him his Gaelic title – was born into leadership. It was in his genes (David Stirling, his cousin, co-founded the SAS). Shimi Lovat’s military background ran back through generations of Frasers, including Simon Fraser, known as the Patriot, hung drawn and quartered at Tower Hill at Edward I’s orders, and Simon Lovat, The Old Fox, was beheaded after the 1745 rebellion, his character featured in the Outlander series

Shimi’s leadership qualities were tested to the limit on D-Day. The mission of 1st Commando Brigade – or 1st Special Service Brigade, as it was known in June 1944 – was to break through German defences on the eastern side of Sword Beach. At lightning speed, they were to fight their way four miles inland to Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal, and bring reinforcements to the 6th Airborne Division, relieving the glider-borne troops who had taken the bridge at dead of night.

Shimi and his commandos arrived just after the appointed hour of midday, to the swirl of pipes. He famously apologised for being two minutes late. The bridges were crucial; at the push of a detonator, the Germans could have destroyed them. With the Allied supply lines cut, the invasion could have foundered.

Plunging into further battles, Shimi was nearly killed four days later by Allied shrapnel and was given the last rites by Father René de Naurois. His last words as he handed over his brigade were: “Take over the Brigade and not a step back; not a step back!”

More info on Shimmie here http://clanfraser.org/timeline/1911-1945/

[steveleeuk]

On this day in 1942, 6,000 troops were boarding assault boats to carry out a coup de main raid on the French port of Dieppe. The vast majority of them were Canadians and it would end in tragedy. Within hours the catastrophic news of Operation Jubilee broke to a waiting world. Miles out at sea, the invasion fleet had been intercepted resulting in a full scale land to sea bombardment from German heavy artillery.

As those young lads desperately tried to get out of the assault boats, the causality figures were piling up. The ramps were littered with bodies and the sea ran red at the waterline. Tanks struggled on the shingle, unable to breach the concrete sea wall and in the air the RAF were overwhelmed resulting in the loss of 106 aircraft. The total number of wounded, killed and captured reached over 4,000. An Allied attack on a fully defended port would never be attempted again. 

Lord Louis Mountbatten, who masterminded the operation, later said that for every soldier lost at Dieppe, 10 were saved on the Beaches of Normandy two years later on D-Day. Lessons were learned, but it was no comfort to Canadian families of those who were lost on August 19th 1942 during that botched operation in Dieppe. I pray that we never forget the sacrifice of those young lives.

[meganedavid]

Bertrand Carrière - Jubilee Dieppe

Ce photographe m'a beaucoup intéressé, mais plus particulièrement ce projet. Il a ,en 2002, pour le 60ième anniversaire du Raid de Dieppe a créer une installation photographique avec 913 portraits d'hommes sur les plages de Normandie. Ce projet avait comme but de rendre hommage aux soldats disparus lors de la guerre et visait a être détruit par la mer (voir image 3). Son projet a été inspiré des récits que son père lui a raconté par rapport à cette guerre et l'histoire des soldats canadiens.

Source : http://www.bertrandcarriere.com/index.php/portfolios/jubilee/

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.19

295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. 43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. 947 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. 1153 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. 1458 – Pope Pius II becomes the 211th Pope. 1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. 1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. 1612 – The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history. 1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". 1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. 1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45". 1745 – Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah. 1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. 1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides". 1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. 1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". 1848 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January). 1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred. 1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps. 1862 – American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. 1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing. Wilfred Bourque and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events. 1920 – The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka. 1927 – Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union. 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. 1934 – The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer. 1936 – The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened. 1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. 1941 – Germany and Romania sign the Tiraspol Agreement, rendering the region of Transnistria under control of the latter. 1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy. 1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. 1945 – August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. 1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. 1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. 1960 – Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. 1960 – Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. 1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics. 1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture. 1978 – In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths. 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. 1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. 1987 – Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide. 1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years. 1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. 1991 – Crown Heights riot begins. 1999 – In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević. 2002 – Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. 2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. 2003 – A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing. 2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. 2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others. 2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. 2013 – The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar. 2017 – Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.

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Le débarquement

J’étais en vacances à Dieppe et m’étais levé tôt pour faire un petit footing au bord de la mer. Après trente minutes de courses, je profitai d’une plage de galets pour faire un peu de gainage et d’abdos. Je n’ai pas prêté attention au nuage gris qui arrivait de la mer pourtant il était immense et difficile à ne pas voir. Il y a eu un coup de tonnerre, puis un second. Au troisième coup d’affilé, je compris que ce n’était pas la foudre. Le nuage s’approchait ressemblant plutôt à un brouillard, il émettait des bruits de moteurs. J’avais l’impression que des avions passaient au-dessus de ma tête. J’étais dans une atmosphère floue, je regardai autours de moi et constata que j’étais seul sur la plage. Ou étaient les autres gens qui se baladaient? Il n’y avait personne, pas même de voiture sur la route jouxtant la plage. Je sentais le tonnerre gronder avec la proximité du nuage qui avançait toujours. Tout à coup, une embarcation suivie d’autres arrivaient au bord. Une trappe s’ouvrit jetant des soldats dans l’eau. Coiffés de casques en forme de disque comme les anglais, ils firent les quelques derniers mètres les bras en l’air portant ainsi leur fusil au sec, afin de se regrouper sur la plage. Pendant ce temps, j’entendais des coups de canons mais ne voyaient pas de cible précise. Après les militaires, des chars débarquèrent. Les soldats avançaient difficilement vers moi, certains tombaient au sol, d’autres cherchaient à se protéger quand…plus rien ! Le nuage venait de se dissiper… Le soleil commençait à briller dans le ciel totalement bleu contrastant avec la Manche d’une couleur vert de gris. J’entendais autours quelques voitures passer. L’une d’elle klaxonna pour appeler une jeune fille assise sur un banc public.

Je finissais mon jogging un peu perturbé par ce que je venais de voir. Je rentrai chez mes cousins, prit ma douche avant de rejoindre la famille qui petit-déjeunait. Ma grand-tante, toujours curieuse, questionna sur  mon parcourt. Je répondis et parla de la plage principale sans raconter ce que je vis. A ce moment un cousin demanda si les commémorations avaient commencées. ‘Quelle commémoration ?’Dis-je. Il répondit celles du débarquement. Surpris, j’intervins en signalant que le débarquement eut lieu le 6 juin en Basse-Normandie, non pas en août en Haute-Normandie. Ma grand-tante réagit en expliquant qu’il y a eu un débarquement canadien sur la plage de Dieppe en 1942. Elle ajouta en souriant qu’une partie de la ville avait été libérée pendant quelques heures avant d’être reprise par la Wehrmacht. Je l’écoutai avec attention, la laissant parler de cette jeunesse perdue à cause de la guerre. Elle avoua qu’avec sa sœur, ma grand-mère, elles ont été voir les prisonniers défiler pour aller vers un stalag. Elle se souvenait de la plage ce jour, des morts encore gisant sur les galets et surtout des carcasses de chars encore fumantes.

Par la suite, je découvris en faisant quelques recherches que le commandement allié savait que le raid de Dieppe serait un échec. Il était considéré comme un sacrifice nécessaire pour préparer le vrai débarquement. En fait, je compris que le débarquement avait commencé le 19 août 1942 et que les fantômes des soldats morts sur la plage cherchaient toujours à débarquer.

Alex@r60 – juin 2019

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Enlaces de senderos de migas de pan Noticias locales Theresa Sims, narradora indígena de Windsor, acompañará a los veterinarios y es una invitada especial del 80 aniversario de Dieppe Raid que está organizando Windsor. Sims posa el 12 de agosto de 2022 con una foto de su padre, Robert James Sims, quien sobrevivió al ataque de Dieppe el 19 de agosto de 1942, pero resultó gravemente herido. Foto de Dan Janisse /Estrella de Windsor Contenido del artículo John Date, uno de los últimos soldados canadienses sobrevivientes que participó en el día más sangriento de este país de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, conmemorará el 80 aniversario del Dieppe Raid en Windsor. Anuncio 2 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Date se encuentra entre varios veteranos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial invitados como invitados de honor a una ceremonia nacional que Windsor organiza el viernes en el 80 aniversario de la desafortunada redada. Date, originario de Sarnia pero que ahora reside en Midland, Michigan, fue uno de los sobrevivientes de una unidad del Regimiento Real de Canadá diezmada durante el desastroso asalto a la ciudad costera francesa ocupada por los nazis el 19 de agosto de 1942. Pasó el resto de la guerra en los campos de prisioneros de guerra alemanes. “Fueron dos años y ocho meses, algo así: no tenía un calendario”, dijo Date, quien recientemente cumplió 100 años, sobre su encarcelamiento durante la guerra cuando era joven. Soldados canadienses rendidos siendo llevados por soldados alemanes después del ataque a Dieppe el 19 de agosto de 1942. Tenía solo 17 años cuando mintió sobre su edad para ingresar al ejército después de que Canadá declarara la guerra a Alemania en 1939. Anuncio 3 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo “Solo quería la aventura, supongo”, dijo Date a The Windsor Star en una entrevista telefónica la semana pasada. Debido al papel fundamental que desempeñó hace 80 años en Dieppe el Regimiento Escocés de Essex, una unidad de reservistas militares locales que data del siglo XVIII, y el enorme costo que pagó, Ottawa seleccionó a Windsor para albergar la ceremonia conmemorativa del Gobierno de Canadá de este año. . Se invita al público a unirse a veteranos, dignatarios y representantes militares de todo Canadá en las ceremonias de Dieppe Gardens a lo largo de la costa a partir de las 11:30 a. m. del viernes. De los más de 6.000 soldados, marineros y aviadores seleccionados para probar la fuerza del llamado Muro del Atlántico de la Alemania nazi, casi 5.000 eran canadienses, incluidos 553 oficiales y soldados del Essex Scottish. Anuncio 4 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Poco salió según lo planeado, y Dieppe fue un baño de sangre para las fuerzas aliadas. Solo 51 miembros del regimiento con base en Windsor, muchos de ellos heridos, regresarían a Inglaterra desde Red Beach esa noche. El 1.er Batallón de Date, el Regimiento Real de Canadá, vio cómo 464 de los 556 miembros eran asesinados o capturados a las pocas horas de aterrizar en la adyacente Blue Beach. “Uno de los días más tristes en la historia de Windsor”, dijo el ex parlamentario de Windsor y ministro del gabinete federal Paul Martin Sr. al describir el impacto de la batalla en la comunidad local. Dieppe “tocó dramáticamente a prácticamente todas las familias en Windsor y el condado de Essex, ya que perdieron padres, hijos, hermanos, nietos, primos, sobrinos, vecinos, compañeros de escuela, compañeros de trabajo y amigos”, según placas conmemorativas instaladas recientemente en el parque ribereño del centro. Anuncio 5 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo El actual Regimiento Escocés de Essex y Kent y la ciudad han organizado durante mucho tiempo

ceremonias locales para conmemorar a Dieppe, pero este año el gobierno federal tomó la iniciativa y la convirtió en una ceremonia nacional, para ser transmitida en vivo (veterans.gc.ca /esp/remembrance) y filmado. "Seguiremos teniendo una ceremonia en el National War Memorial, pero una de las iniciativas que estamos tratando de hacer más es llevar estas grandes ocasiones fuera de la capital de la nación", dijo Robert Löken, gerente nacional de honores, premios y conmemoración con Asuntos de Veteranos de Canadá. El memorial de Dieppe en el centro de Windsor, Ontario, durante la ceremonia del 69 aniversario de la infame redada de Dieppe durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El evento se llevó a cabo en Dieppe Gardens en Windsor, Ontario, el 19 de agosto de 2011. El monumento está alineado para que el sol brille a la 1 pm, hora en que las tropas canadienses asaltaron Dieppe. Foto de Jason Kryk /Estrella de Windsor Windsor fue elegido para el 80.º aniversario de Dieppe, dijo, porque "nos impresionó mucho la participación de los escoceses de Essex en la redada... tuvo un papel tan importante en eso". Anuncio 6 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo El programa de la ceremonia en Windsor se basa en lo que Löken llama la característica "increíble" del monumento Red Beach creado por Rory O'Connor para Dieppe Gardens (una copia del mismo monumento que domina el Océano Atlántico en Dieppe, Francia). Cada 19 de agosto, a la 1 p. m., la hora en que se dio la orden de retirada en 1942, un rayo de luz solar, si es un día despejado, ingresa a través de una abertura en la parte superior del monumento de granito negro en Windsor y brilla sobre una hoja de arce plateada. colocado entre piedras en el suelo que fueron traídas de Dieppe. A partir de ese momento, se colocarán coronas de flores en el monumento adyacente de la Royal Canadian Air Force a las 11:50 am y en el ancla de la Royal Canadian Navy a las 12 pm antes de que la ceremonia se traslade al monumento de Red Beach. Anuncio 7 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Justo antes de la 1 pm, un corneta tocará Last Post, seguido de dos minutos de silencio y luego un sobrevuelo de aviones históricos del Museo de Aviación Canadiense; luego el Rouse de corneta y el Lamento de un gaitero, lo que Löken, que será el maestro de ceremonias de la ceremonia, describe como una señal de respeto por aquellos que ya no pueden levantarse después de caer en la batalla. Poeta laureado de la juventud de Windsor Alexei Ungurenasu encabezará una delegación de jóvenes que acompañarán a los veteranos y filmarán los hechos. Entre los que colocaron coronas estará la Cruz de Plata de Windsor Madre Theresa Charbonneau, cuyo hijo Cpl. Andrew Grenon fue asesinado por insurgentes talibanes el 3 de septiembre de 2008, mientras prestaba servicio en las fuerzas internacionales en Afganistán. También formará parte de la delegación oficial Theresa Sims, la narradora indígena de la ciudad de Windsor cuyo padre resultó gravemente herido, pero sobrevivió al ataque a Dieppe. Robert James Sims, sirviendo con The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI) y parte de la principal fuerza de asalto con Essex Scottish, fue alcanzado por fuego de ametralladora alemana y resultó gravemente herido, pero fue rescatado de la playa. Anuncio 8 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo Como lo ha hecho en las ceremonias anteriores del Día del Recuerdo de Windsor, Sims planea acompañar a los veteranos y cantar la Canción del Águila de la amistad. Su padre, que solo recuperó el conocimiento en un hospital en Inglaterra, fue uno de los afortunados: la RHLI perdió 497 muertos y capturados entre 582 miembros en la redada, una asombrosa tasa de bajas del 85 por ciento. 75 años después, Dieppe sigue 'grabado en el

tejido de nuestra comunidad' Jarvis: un pequeño museo y "el momento más difícil en la historia militar canadiense" Organizar una ceremonia nacional significa atraer a una audiencia más amplia, que Joe Ouellette, teniente coronel honorario del Essex, Kent and Scottish Regiment, anticipa que quedará impresionado por la forma en que Windsor muestra su respeto por la memoria de sus veteranos, incluso con un destacado parque frente al río salpicado de monumentos a conflictos y sacrificios pasados. Anuncio 9 Este anuncio aún no se ha cargado, pero su artículo continúa a continuación. Contenido del artículo “Hará que la gente de fuera de la ciudad tome conciencia de lo comprometidos que estamos con la memoria de quienes sufrieron o dieron su vida en Dieppe”, dijo Ouellette. Entre los eventos locales planeados para invitados, el jueves por la noche se llevará a cabo una cena formal para unos 200 invitados en St. Clair College. Uno de los aspectos más destacados será el hecho de que el agregado de defensa francés en Canadá otorgue el premio más importante de ese país, la Orden Nacional de la Legión de Honor, a John Date. En los últimos años, Francia comenzó a otorgar su premio nacional más alto a los veteranos extranjeros sobrevivientes que habían luchado en suelo francés por la libertad de ese país, incluidos cuatro veteranos del área de Windsor que recibieron el estatus de caballero con honor en 2016. Entre ellos se encontraba el veterano de la invasión de Normandía Charles Davis, que cumple 100 años. el próximo mes y quién está entre los invitados especiales de esta semana que serán reconocidos por el gobierno federal. Una de las pancartas callejeras conmemorativas de 'Dieppe 1942' entregadas a Windsor por Asuntos de Veteranos de Canadá con motivo del 80 aniversario de Dieppe Raid se muestra en Riverside Drive West en el centro de Windsor el jueves, 11 de agosto de 2022. Foto de Dan Janisse /Estrella de Windsor Como parte del 80.° aniversario, Ottawa envió una serie de pancartas de “Dieppe 1942” a Windsor, que se colocaron en farolas a lo largo de un tramo del centro de Riverside Drive. dschmidt@postmedia.com twitter.com/schmidtcity En el Windsor Star del viernes: 'Nunca se olvidará' Comparte este artículo en tu red social Regístrese para recibir noticias de primera plana diarias de Windsor Star, una división de Postmedia Network Inc. Al hacer clic en el botón de registro, acepta recibir el boletín informativo anterior de Postmedia Network Inc. Puede darse de baja en cualquier momento haciendo clic en el enlace para darse de baja en la parte inferior de nuestros correos electrónicos. Red Postmedia Inc. | 365 Bloor Street Este, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300 Gracias por registrarte! Un correo electrónico de bienvenida está en camino. Si no lo ves, revisa tu carpeta de correo no deseado. El próximo número de Windsor Star Headline News pronto estará en su bandeja de entrada. Encontramos un problema al registrarte. Inténtalo de nuevo Comentarios Postmedia se compromete a mantener un foro de debate animado pero civilizado y anima a todos los lectores a compartir sus opiniones sobre nuestros artículos. Los comentarios pueden tardar hasta una hora en moderarse antes de aparecer en el sitio. Le pedimos que mantenga sus comentarios relevantes y respetuosos. Hemos habilitado las notificaciones por correo electrónico: ahora recibirá un correo electrónico si recibe una respuesta a su comentario, hay una actualización en un hilo de comentarios que sigue o si un usuario al que sigue comenta. Visite nuestras Pautas de la comunidad para obtener más información y detalles sobre cómo ajustar la configuración de su correo electrónico.

[warsofasoiaf]

Hello, I love your blog. If possible, can you speak about your view on the canadian army, both in the first and second world war? I came from the french part of canada and they don't really speak about that in history class

What? Them not telling you about Arthur Currie is criminal. He was easily one of the best generals of World War I.

Anyway, in World War I, Canada was a British dominion and automatically entered on the side of the British. As such, Canada was involved early in the war, starting in 1915, which given that they had to raise an army of volunteers, train them, equip them, and ship them, was a fairly remarkable logistical effort all its own. One of their greatest successes in the First World War was the Battle of Vimy Ridge, where an independent Canadian Corps (the first time that an all-Canadian unit operated at the corps level) attacked a German position and started producing great results thanks to new tactical innovations and excellent use of artillery. This battle was a critical success for the Canadians and formed a cornerstone of Canadian cultural identity in the early 20th century.

Arthur Currie, one of Canada’s finest generals in history, was one of the most capable Allied generals of the entire First World War. A tactical innovator, Currie came up with the brilliant Battle of Hill 70, where he bypassed German defenses in favor of seizing high ground and forcing the Germans to come to him. Rather than the grand sweeping movements proposed by generals like Haig, Currie instead wanted smaller movements to achieve smaller successes that wouldn’t bog down the way the Nivelle Offensive did along the Chemin Des Dames.

In World War II, Canada was still a British dominion, although with much more autonomy than the Canada of twenty years prior. Canada’s entrance in the war was automatic, though under the terms of the agreement with Great Britain, Canada dictated the size and scope of her commitment. The entrance into World War II drastically increased Canada’s industrialization and the size of her military. What’s not well-known is that Canada’s air force was  truly massive, costing 1.5 billion. Canada was part of the disastrous raid on Dieppe which saw almost 3,000 Canadian casualties. Canadian ships were present at Dunkirk, Canadian troops fought everywhere from Europe to Hong Kong, and Canadian soldiers fought in the invasions of Italy, Normandy, and Southern France. In Italy, the Canadians pushed the Germans at Ortona. Of the five landing zones on D-Day, Canada attacked Juno Beach and pushed the furthest of all five landing spots. In Operation Dragoon, the first U.S.-Canadian joint unit nicknamed “The Devil’s Brigade” contributed significantly to the gains made, the “Devil’s Brigade” is the spiritual father of U.S. and Canadian special forces. In Holland, Canadian soldiers took part in the pushes and organized food relief drops, which is commemorated every year with a gift of tulips from the Netherlands to Canada. Interestingly, Canada was not a recipient of the Marshall Plan, rather Canada contributed to the economic re-development of Europe with their own aid plans and Marshall funds were used to purchase Canadian goods in 1948 which gave Canada a healthy boost in trade.

Even today, the military of Canada continues their proud traditions. A Canadian sniper holds the current record for the longest sniper kill, at 3.444 kilometers or 2.14 miles during anti-ISIS operations in Iraq.

Thanks for the question, Anon. If you have questions about specific battles, let me know.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[aflsgm]

Operation Jubilee: El fallido raid en Dieppe (1942) La Operación "Jubilee", más conocida como el “Raid de Dieppe", tuvo lugar el 19 de agosto de 1942. Las primeras tropas desembarcaron a las 04:50 horas, en las playas de la región de Seine-Maritime en Normandía y fueron recibidas, a pesar del efecto de sorpresa, por un fuego feroz y graneado. Los soldados alemanes, pertenecientes a la 302º División de Infantería, aprovecharon sus posiciones defensivas ideales: las posiciones alemanas se ubicaban en lo alto de altos acantilados y los guijarros de la playa frenaban a los pocos tanques y el avance de la infantería. Para los comandos británicos n° 3 y n° 4 que atacaban en los flancos occidental y oriental del área de invasión, las operaciones fueron en general propicias para las fuerzas aliadas y las baterías de artillería alemanas fueron destruidas en gran parte: los comandos alcanzaron la cima de los acantilados o barrancos artificiales y lograron sus objetivos en la medida de lo posible. Pero frente a Dieppe, la situación de las tropas aliadas es mucho más preocupante: a pesar de algunos avances de los soldados canadienses dentro de la ciudad, la mayoría de las tropas no lograron superar el obstáculo de la playa. Los aliados, que sufrieron grandes pérdidas y una falta de comunicación entre las distintas unidades comprometidas, decidieron detener la operación y volver a embarcar a todas las unidades válidas, mientras que los tanques fueron abandonados en el lugar. Eran las 9:30 am. la Operación Jubilee agonizaba, las pérdidas eran catastróficas para los aliados, la puesta a prueba del Muro Atlántico, había sido muy costosa. Para las 12:40 horas la operación había sido desbaratada. Fue un desastre: de los 6 000 hombres (5 000 canadienses, 1 000 británicos y 50 rangers del ejército de los EE. UU.) que participaron en los desembarcos, solo alrededor de 1 250 regresaron a Inglaterra. La Royal Navy perdió alrededor de 550 hombres y la RAF perdió 67 pilotos y 120 aviones. A cambio, la RAF reclamó 91 victorias y 44 probables, pero los registros alemanes muestran que solo 48 aviones se perdieron por la acción del enemigo más otros 24 dañados. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGRHqCJgMF7/?igshid=1qp6w34mwjkxl

[carbone14]

Un soldat canadien blessé débarqué du destroyer d'escorte de la marine polonaise ORP Ślązak (L26) à Portsmouth au retour du raid sur Dieppe - 19 août 1942

Photographe : Sergent A. W. P. Wooldridge - War Office official photographer

©Imperial War Museums - H 22637

[silver-53]

Il se tient un peu raide, comme le roi d une carte à jouer, s interrogeant sans cesse sur l’avenir du monde et son rôle dans l avenir et le monde , il est souvent perdu… comme le sont les enfants jeunes, à ne maîtriser rien d’autre que l effarement de son esprit, à ne savoir rien de la jeunesse qui est la sienne, attendant à côté d un rideau que la vie se ravive et lui donne le peps d adorer pour oublier, sauf l amour qui l habite.

Acrylique non datée entre 1990 et 2000 sur affiche retournée, photographiée en octobre 2017 à Dieppe. DD alias S.

[scotianostra]

July 8th 1911 saw the birth of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, the Chief of Clan Fraser, Scottish aristocrat and soldier.

Lovat was involved in the formation of the Commandos, the Dieppe Raid and D-Day. As 24th Chieftain of Clan Fraser, Shimi – MacShimidh to give him his Gaelic title – was born into leadership. It was in his genes (David Stirling, his cousin, co-founded the SAS). Shimi Lovat’s military background ran back through generations of Frasers, including Simon Fraser, known as the Patriot, hung drawn and quartered at Tower Hill at Edward I’s orders, and Simon Lovat, The Old Fox, was beheaded after the 1745 rebellion, his character featured in the Outlander series

Shimi’s leadership qualities were tested to the limit on D-Day. The mission of 1st Commando Brigade – or 1st Special Service Brigade, as it was known in June 1944 – was to break through German defences on the eastern side of Sword Beach. At lightning speed, they were to fight their way four miles inland to Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal, and bring reinforcements to the 6th Airborne Division, relieving the glider-borne troops who had taken the bridge at dead of night.

Shimi and his commandos arrived just after the appointed hour of midday, to the swirl of pipes. He famously apologised for being two minutes late. The bridges were crucial; at the push of a detonator, the Germans could have destroyed them. With the Allied supply lines cut, the invasion could have foundered.

Plunging into further battles, Shimi was nearly killed four days later by Allied shrapnel and was given the last rites by Father René de Naurois. His last words as he handed over his brigade were: “Take over the Brigade and not a step back; not a step back!"

[steveleeuk]

On August 19th 1942, 6,000 troops, the vast majority Canadian, boarded assault boats to carry out a coup de main raid on the French port of Dieppe. Within hours the catastrophic news of Operation Jubilee broke to a waiting world. Miles out at sea, the invasion fleet had been intercepted resulting in a full scale land to sea bombardment from German heavy artillery. As young lads desperately tried to get out of the landing craft the causality figures were piling up. The ramps were littered with bodies and the sea ran red at the waterline. The total number of wounded, killed and captured reached over 4,000. Tanks struggled on the shingle, unable to breach the concrete sea wall and in the air the RAF were overwhelmed resulting in the loss of 106 aircraft. An Allied attack on a fully defended port would never be attempted again.

[historyandclassicactors]

August 19

1779:  Americans under Major Henry Lee take the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey.

1914:  The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) lands in France.

1934:  38 million Germans vote to make Adolf Hitler the official successor to President von Hindenburg.

1942:  A raid on Dieppe, France by British and Canadian commandos is repulsed by the German Army.

1944:  In an effort to prevent a communist uprising in Paris, Charles De Gualle begins attacking German forces all around the city.

Source: historynet.com

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.19

295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. 43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. 947 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. 1153 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. 1458 – Pope Pius II becomes the 211th Pope. 1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. 1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. 1612 – The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history. 1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". 1692 – Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft. 1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45". 1745 – Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah. 1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. 1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King. 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. 1812 – War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides". 1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate. 1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world". 1848 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January). 1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred. 1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps. 1862 – American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. 1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 1927 – Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union. 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. 1934 – The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer. 1936 – The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened. 1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. 1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy. 1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. 1945 – August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam. 1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. 1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives. 1960 – Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. 1960 – Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. 1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched. 1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture. 1978 ��� In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths. 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. 1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. 1987 – Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide. 1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years. 1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. 1991 – Crown Heights riot begins. [1] 1999 – In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević. 2002 – Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. 2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. 2003 – A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing. 2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. 2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others. 2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. 2013 – The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar. 2017 – Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.