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b'Episode 243: Eighty years ago, on August 19, 1942, in\\xa0Operation Jubilee\\xa0began as the Allies attacked the French port of\\xa0Dieppe\\xa0on the English Channel Coast. Of the more than 6100 troops involved, five thousand were soldiers of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division and a thousand British, many commandos, with a handful of others including Americans. The hope was to gain a foothold in Europe, breaching Hitler\\u2019s heavily-fortified Atlantic Wall. But unfortunately, the Germans were ready for them, and things did not go as planned.\\xa0\\nAfter nine excruciating hours of brutal fighting along the shore, the allied force retreated. Almost 1000 Allied troops lay dead, and at least 2000 more were prisoners of war, making this one of Canada\\u2019s darkest days ever in a time of war.\\nSources:\\nDieppe - Veterans Affairs Canada\\nThe Dieppe Raid - Historical Sheet - Second World War - History - Veterans Affairs Canada\\nWarMuseum.ca - Democracy at War - Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 - Operations\\nDieppe: a German Learning Experience - James Shelley - King\\u2019s College London\\nWWII: The Dieppe Raid - Canada at War\\nThe Dieppe Raid : Juno Beach Centre\\nCpt. Romuald Nalecz Tyminski, Polish Canadian Hero\\nPATRICK PORTEOUS VC\\nCBC - Dieppe\\nPrisoner of War: A Story from Dieppe : Juno Beach Centre\\nHyperWar: Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific Chapter 11\\nHyperWar: Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific Chapter 12\\nDIEPPE: \\u201cThey Didn\\u2019t Have To Die!\\u201d - Legion Magazine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'