Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Dieppe Raid
na 19 ga Agusta, 1942, ya sauko da sojoji kusan 5,000 na Division na Kanada na biyu da ba su da kwarewa da kuma kwamandojin Birtaniya 1,000 a gabar tekun Faransa, a cikin babbar rundunar da aka hada da Faransa kafin mamayewar Normandy. Duk da yake yawancin jiragen sama sun tashi don tallafawa, an yi amfani da bindigogi na jirgin ruwa da gangan don kauce wa lalacewar garin da kuma rayukan fararen hula. A sakamakon haka, sojojin Kanada sun kai farmaki kan iyakar bakin teku ba tare da wani tallafi ba. Daga cikin mutane 6,086 da suka yi nasara a bakin tekun, 3,367 (60%) aka kashe, aka ji rauni, ko aka kama. Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Royal Air Force ta kasa jawo hankalin "Luftwaffe" a cikin yakin basasa, kuma ta rasa jiragen sama 106 (aƙalla 32 zuwa flak ko haɗari), idan aka kwatanta da 48 da aka rasa ta "Luftwaffe". Rundunar sojan ruwa ta Royal ta rasa jiragen ruwa 33 da jirgin ruwa guda daya. 'Yan Kanada biyu sun sami Gicciye na Victoria don ayyukan a Dieppe: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt na Kudancin Saskatchewan Regiment da Kyaftin Kyaftin John Foote, mai kula da soja na Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.