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Wild Bill -> RE: Dieppe battle (1/10/2005 2:43:48 AM)
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I cannot find it. I did find the text file for the scenario. Perhaps I'll redo it or some of the other enterprising designers out there might take it on. The map was done quite historically, thanks to the insight of Stuart Millis (himself a Canadian) and his positive criticism of the work.
___DIEPPE-A HARD LESSON!*
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Canadian Advance vs German Delay*
_French Coast, August 19, 1942*
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Design: Wild Bill Wilder*
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After two years of impatient waiting, the Canadians based in England get
their chance to go to war.*
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Allied leaders opt for a recon in force on the French Coast. A
combined attack force formed primarily from Canadian troops will assault
the area around the town of Dieppe on the northern French coast.*
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The plan was to take the town and hold it for some six hours. After
this the troops would re-embark into the landing craft. Four regiments
of infantry would be supported by a battalion of the new Churchill
tanks.*
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It was hoped that such a move would draw German forces from the Eastern
Front to bolster defenses on the coast. It would also be a test of
enemy defenses for a future Allied assault on the mainland.*
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Tragically, the outcome was far different from what was anticipated.
Lessons were learned, but at the cost of the blood one thousand valiant
Canadian soldiers.*
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Dieppe had become a disaster. Lessons would be
learned, however, that would prove invaluable in the D-Day invasion
nearly two years later.*
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