The major contingent in the raid was composed of soldiers from Canada’s 2nd Infantry Division. The COHQ’s objective was to try to capture a port during this raid, hold it for a short period of time and then withdraw quickly. The Dieppe Raid occurred under the auspices of the Combined Operations Headquarters (COHQ), which was responsible for conducting British raiding operations.
The British high command, particularly Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was acutely aware of these political pressures. The US, which had just recently joined the war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941, also thought it best to launch and expedite a direct attack on mainland Europe. On August 19, 1942, the Dieppe Raid or Operation Jubilee, as it was codenamed, was launched as Stalin believed that the Western allies were not carrying their fair share of the burden of the war and so demanded that a second front be opened to draw German forces away from Russia.
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