Unsuccessful Allied raid on Dieppe, France according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 August 1942

An item reported the loss of one destroyer and a fairly large number of landing craft during the allied raid on Dieppe, France.(1)

Note

1. Raid was on 19 August executed by troops from Canada, United Kingdom, USA, Free France, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Losses destroyer HMS Berkely, 33 landing craft, a large number of aircraft and large number of men killed, wounded or taken prisoner.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 254 dated 21August 1942