Yeah. Dieppe was one of the horrors of the war. Thanks to Mountbatten for being a fool. Even Churchill didn't want that operation to run.
>Remembrance Day here is 11/11 at 11:00 to mark the actual date/time of the end of WW I.
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>Only a few years ago I learned of the great Canadian sacrifice in the ill-fated raid on Dieppe, well before D-Day.
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>Now Dieppe is just a short hop across the Channel from our local port, Newhaven. There is an old fort overlooking the harbour, where there is a lot of info about the Raid, in a big display area, with models, pix, articles, etc.
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>So we haven't forgotten, where I live.
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http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/trlout_gfx_en/TRA13494.html>
http://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/>
>>Remembrance Day is more than a month away, but I thought I'd share this e-mail with virtually everyone in my contacts list because it's very much worth reading.
>>It made me proud to be Canadian, although quietly so ... maybe a little more pride would do this country well.
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>>Lest we forget!
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