Category: The Dieppe Raid

SAUNDERS, Tim. The Dieppe Raid: 2nd Canadian Division (Battleground Europe). 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2005. ISBN: 1844152456.

An excellent battlefield guide, describing the raid in some detail.

A general autobiography of a well-known writer and broadcaster, who served in the Army. He was on Garth at Dieppe.

A war correspondent’s view of the Dieppe Raid. Later published as Dawn Landing. Canadian title: Glorious Chapter.

An American war correspondent’s view of the raid, which he witnessed from Calpe.

Attempts to retrieve the reputation of the Canadian general, Roberts, in a full account of the blunders and the courage. Canadian title: The Shame and the Glory: Dieppe.

An early attempt to account for this costly operation. US title: At Whatever Cost.

A controversial view of the military politics surrounding the raid.

A mixture of history and reminiscence from Brigadier Whitaker, who landed with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. The authors conclude both that Churchill and Alanbrooke pressed ahead with the attack, although fully aware that security was compromised, but that it was a necessary part of a strategy which produced lessons that saved lives at D-Day.

An illustrated impression of the raid, based on a CBC-TV program and concerned with the Canadian background and feelings about their participation. There is a set of photographs of Berkeley's sinking.

A very readable account, which focuses on the attack and the experiences of the survivors.

ZUEHLKE, Mark. Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942. 437p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: Douglas & Macintyre, 2012. ISBN: 1553658353.

A well written but error prone account of the operation.

ZUEHLKE, Mark. Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942. 437p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2012. ISBN: 1553658353.

A well written but error prone account of the operation.

GREAT BRITAIN. War Office. The Dieppe Raid: The Combined Operations Assault on Hitler’s European Fortress August 1942 – An Official History. 314p., bibliog., illus. Barnsley: Frontline, 2019. ISBN: 9781526752918.

This official history was first produced in 1944 ahead of D-Day as an operational narrative and identification of lessons learned. It was revised at war’s end to incorporate lessons from captured German documents. These were private government publications (Battle Summary 33) and are now publicly published for the first time.

MACE, Martin & GREHAN, John. Liberating Europe: D-Day to Victory 1944-1945. xiv, 226p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2014. ISBN: 9781783462155.

Reprints six despatches from the London Gazette with a brief introduction, namely 38045, the Dieppe Raid; 38110, the Assault Phase of the Normandy Landings; 38111, the Liberation of Europe (Operation Overlord), Operations of Coastal Command; 38204, Air Operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in North West Europe 1943-44; 38171, the Final Stages of the Naval War in North West Europe; 37711, Operations in North West Europe from 6 June 1944, to 5 May 1945.

O’KEEFE, David. One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada’s Tragedy at Dieppe. 512p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2013, ISBN: 9780345807694.

 A well written and researched account, which links the raid to the attempt to capture Enigma machines to assist in codebreaking. Republished by Icon Books in 2020 with the new subtitle Ian Fleming, Enigma, and the Deadly Raid on Dieppe, ISBN: 9781785786303.

BISHOP, Patrick. Operation Jubilee. Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrifice. xi,[3], 386p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Viking, 2021. ISBN: 9780241389669.

A well researched and gripping account of the raid, its background and aftermath.

HUGHES-HALLETT, John ‘Jock’. From Dieppe to D-Day: The Memoirs of Vice-Admiral John ‘Jock’ Hughes-Hallett, CB, DSO. 256p., illus. Barnsley, Frontline, 2023. ISBN: 9781399045575.

Hughes-Hallett was Deputy Director of the Local Defence Division at the Admiralty in 1940 and 1941, before becoming Naval Adviser at Combined Operations HQ. Along with the head of Combined Operations, Lord Louis Mountbatten, he orchestrated Commando raids from Norway to Normandy. He became Commodore commanding the Channel Assault Force (known as ‘J’ Force) and Naval Chief of Staff (X) from 1942 to 1943 but is perhaps best known for being the Naval Commander of the Dieppe Raid. The concept of Mulberry Harbours was his. It was in the planning for D-Day that his experience came to the fore. Hughes-Hallett retired from the Royal Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral, taking up a new career as MP for Croydon East and then Croydon North East. A long overdue record published for the first time.

A good addition to the literature of the disastrous raid code-named Jubilee. Full use is made both of information from survivors and official papers.

A French account of the raid and its background.

A Canadian view of the raid and of the fate of the captured survivors. Vividly describes the horror and the tragedy.

A good account of the raid.

Describes one element of the Dieppe Raid. A British scientist landed with the Canadians to assess the value of a German radar station situated close to the town.

Contains a chapter on the Dieppe Raid and the reasons for failure.

Attempts to list - including casualties - all the participants in the operation, including RAF and RN personnel.

A sober and up-to-date account by an official historian.

An excellently illustrated account of how each individual tank of the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment - the Calgary Tanks - operated during the raid. Naval interest lies in how the then new Tank Landing Craft were used.

An officially sponsored but popular account of an event of particular significance to Canadians. Notably well illustrated.

A detailed account, with extensive appendices, of the RAF involvement in the raid. The role of Calpe and Berkeley is described in some depth since they acted as an early form of fighter direction ship.

The story of No 4 Commando's successful raid on the Hess Battery, led by Lord Lovat. This was a part of the wider landing.

The little known tale of the fifty US Rangers who were blooded at the Dieppe Raid.

A notably well produced basic account which is aimed at senior schoolchildren.

A review of some of the background, notable for its use of German records and intelligence appreciations.

A justification of the Dieppe Raid. Written largely as a personal account by a war correspondent who landed with No. 4 Commando.