Operation Fusilade was the plan for a set piece assault on the French port of Dieppe during the Second World War. In the event, the German occupiers, not having received orders to hold the town, evacuated shortly before Fusilade, which was cancelled. The 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) of the

2nd Canadian Division The 2nd Canadian Division (2 Cdn Div; french: 2e Division du Canada) is a formation of the Canadian Army in the province of Quebec, Canada. The present command was created 2013 when Land Force Quebec Area was re-designated. The main unit housed ...

entered the town unopposed on September 1, 1944, to a warm welcome from the French inhabitants.Report 183, para.157 The planned bombing of the town was hastily cancelled. The nearby small fishing port of Le Treport was taken on the same day by the

3rd Canadian Division The 3rd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as all units extending westwards from th ...

. Some days later, there was a memorial ceremony at the nearby Canadian military cemetery to honour the interred men killed in the 1942

Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment o ...

.Report 183, para.158

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The Germans had only partly demolished the port facilities and bridges and the first ships unloaded on 6 September. A train left on 9 September with petrol and oil for Brussels.Report 183, para.160 Dieppe was able to supply a quarter of the needs of the

21st Army Group The 21st Army Group was a British headquarters formation formed during the Second World War. It controlled two field armies and other supporting units, consisting primarily of the British Second Army and the First Canadian Army. Established in ...

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