Canadian government delegation marking 75th anniversary of Dieppe raid
DIEPPE, France — Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr is leading a Canadian government delegation to France to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe raid during the Second World War.
The raid, launched on Aug. 19, 1942, would prove to be the bloodiest single day for Canada’s military in the entire war.
The Prime Minister released a statement Saturday to honour the hundreds of Canadians who lost their lives in the battle.
Of the nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers who took part in the ill-fated mission, more than half became casualties, and 916 would die on the rocky shore of Puys Beach on the northern coast of occupied France.