Dieppe: Operation Jubilee—Channel Ports

by Tim Saunders

A comprehensive history of the Allied attack on German-occupied France during World War II, examining its planning, execution, and failure. In 1942, with the outcome of the war very much in the balance, there was a pressing need for military success on mainland Europe. Churchill ordered Admiral Lord Mountbatten’s Combined Operations HQ to take the war to the Germans. The Canadians were selected for the Dieppe raid, which, while a morale raiser, was a disaster. Over 3,000 men were lost. This authoritative account looks at the planning, execution and analyses the reasons for failure.

Genres: Military Fiction

419 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2005

About the author

Tim Saunders MBE MA (1956 - ????) served in the British Army as an officer in the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and The Rifles for over 30 years before leaving to become a full time military historian. In his second career he brings together the overlapping spheres of writing, battlefield guiding and military history film making. His intuitive knowledge of warfare and soldiers that is abundantly clear from his insightful and entertaining writing is a result, of his military training, service across the world and his operational experience.
Tim's portfolio of work is wide, with videos from Vikings to WW2 being made with Battlefield History TV and Pen & Sword Digital, variously as presenter, director and editor, His books, now totalling more than twenty title, however, are mainly focused on the Napoleonic Wars and the battles of the Second World War
Tim lives on the edge of the Army's Salisbury Plain Training area and often finds himself writing to the accompaniment of the sound of real tanks and gunfire.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise and comprehensive overview of the Operation.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is what it is -- a straightforward retelling of a battle that went badly for the allies. If you want a fairly journalistic minute-by-minute recounting of each phase of the operation, this will do. If you want something more involving or more artfully written, keep looking.

One last point, in the ebook version, the maps are way too small. This makes it pretty much impossible to refer to them to place the action as you are reading it.