Dieppe, 1942

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied over 3,600 killed, wounded or captured
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman about 600 casualties
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major-General_John_Hamilton_Roberts
gptkb:Generalmajor_Hans_Suttner
gptkb:Konteradmiral_Friedrich_Ruge
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Dieppe_Canadian_War_Cemetery
gptkb:Dieppe_Raid_Memorial
gptkbp:date 19 August 1942
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Normandy_landings
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dieppe, 1942
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dieppe,_France
gptkbp:name gptkb:Dieppe_Raid
gptkb:Operation_Jubilee
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:John_Hamilton_Roberts
gptkb:Lord_Louis_Mountbatten
gptkb:Hans_Suttner
gptkb:Friedrich_Ruge
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Royal_Hamilton_Light_Infantry
gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Essex_Scottish_Regiment
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkb:Royal_Regiment_of_Canada
gptkb:2nd_Canadian_Infantry_Division
gptkb:No._4_Commando
gptkb:14th_Army_Tank_Regiment_(Calgary_Regiment)
gptkb:Cameron_Highlanders_of_Canada
gptkb:Fusiliers_Mont-Royal
gptkb:South_Saskatchewan_Regiment
Luftwaffe
gptkbp:objective gather intelligence
test feasibility of seaborne invasion
destroy German defenses
gptkbp:operator amphibious assault
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:St._Nazaire_Raid
gptkbp:result Allied defeat
gptkbp:significance influenced planning for D-Day
heavy Canadian losses
demonstrated need for better planning and equipment for amphibious assaults
first major Allied attack on German-occupied France
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Royal_Regiment_of_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6