Dieppe 1942 - The Jubilee Disaster

by Ronald Atkin

In the summer of 1942 the war was almost at the end of its third year and the position of the Allies was desperate, both in Europe and on the Middle and Far Eastern fronts.

The hard-pressed Russians were urging Winston Churchill to open a Second Front, about which he was understandably cool. Eventually it was decided to mount a "reconnaissance in force" against the French coast and at dawn on 19 August five thousand soldiers, mainly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BVD67SGN
• ISBN13: 9798376774502
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"