Dieppe

Note the cliffs above the beaches at Diepppe. Also the beach is composed of smallish stones. Not good for tank treads or running!

After 3 days in and around the Ypres area, we can say that we enjoyed Belgium very much. Our next stop will be in and around Dieppe. The scene of the largest disaster of leadership in WWII. There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this plan. When I can upload pics it may be self evident.

In the meantime we continue to enjoy windy but fair weather. Apparently this is unusual for this time of year. In Belgium at least, they receive twice as much rainfall as we do. This explains some of the disasters of WWI and the losses. The clay soils were pounded into mush, just add rain for total disaster.

This is the view of the beach at Dieppe from the German pillbox below. They had this beach covered. The Allies never had a chance.

Dieppe was the disastrous raid also known as 'Operation Jubilee" which claimed over 3000 Canadian casualties. Despite the tragic outcome, the lessons learned provided the Allies with valuable information which was later used to successfully plan the beach landings on D-Day.