CHARBONNEAU – The secret motive behind raid on Dieppe finally revealed

Posted on September 14, 2017 in Charbonneau, Local Voices, Page One // 0 Comments

Disaster at Dieppe.

RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED documents reveal the true mission of the raid on the beaches of Dieppe on August 19, 1942.

The publicly stated reasons varied: to test Hitler’s defences in France; to placate Stalin in his calls for a second front to divert Germany’s attention away from Russia; to learn lessons in preparation for D-day (Canada’s History Magazine, Aug/Sept, 2017.)

However, the real reason was to steal the Enigma machine and give decoders like Alan Turing a chance to figure out what the Nazis were planning.

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David Charbonneau is a retired TRU electronics instructor who hosts a blog at http://www.eyeviewkamloops.wordpress.com.

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