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Dieppe The objective of the attack was to hold the town long enough to destroy its harbour installations The raid was a test run for the eventual invasion of Europe, but it was doomed from the start
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A series of unfortunate events… A chance encounter with a German convoy The noise warned of the pending raid The encounter set back the timing of the attack By the time the forces hit the beach they had lost their two main strategic advantages: surprise and darkness
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Losses 882 Canadians were killed, 587 were wounded, 1873 were taken prisoner, and only 2210 returned to England
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What we learned The first major battle for Canadians on the Western Front was a disaster However, they learned some valuable lessons: Changed their military strategy by launching a massive aerial strike ahead of an invasion Push back full-scale invasion until 1944, so they they could build up their forces
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Battle of Ortona Battle took place in an ancient town called Ortona, its narrow, twisting streets made it impossible to use tanks Canadians had to take the town house by house, street by street, using a technique called “mouseholing”
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Ortona Mouseholing - soldier blasted a hole in the outside wall of a house at the end of a street Then they threw in grenades to clear the room before charging inside and clearing the house They would then blast a hole in the wall to the adjoining house.
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Ortona 2 days after Christmas the Canadians were able to drive the Germans out of Ortona The techniques the Canadians used at Ortona became the model for urban warfare for the duration of the war The fighting in Italy continued until 1944, when the Allies finally gained control of Rome
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Operation Overlord In June 1944, the Allies launched their invasion of Europe Almost 1 million British, Canadian and American troops crossed the English Channel to storm the beaches of France
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D-Day On June 6, 1944 the D- Day invasion began Americans took Omaha and Utah beaches British took Gold and Sword beaches Canadians took Juno beach
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Plan of Attack Paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines to capture and secure roads and bridges 2000 bombers began pounding German defenses in preparation for Allied troops to storm the beaches Allied troops storm the beaches
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The Result By the end of the first day Canadians had secured Juno Beach – the only Allied force to achieve its goal By the end of the first week 300,000 Allied soldiers had landed on the beaches The Germans were forced to retreat. Yet they would continue to put up a fierce resistance for another year
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