We were so wrong
Dear Editor:
We can remember Dieppe as a day of horror because the Allies were too certain that they could conquer the Germans. We were so wrong!
The enemy was already prepared – just above that beach and so the Canadians were destroyed.
Our men had depended on their tanks; but could not manoeuvre the landing crafts quickly enough to leave under the constant rain of enemy fire. They were prime targets for their enemy, just waiting for them on top of hill!
Those brave men who managed to run toward the safety of the over hanging cliffs were very few.
On Aug. 19 we remembered Dieppe: the unfortunate outcome of that day but most of all, we remembered the bravery of those men who looked death in the eye and ran toward it. May we never forget them.
Sytske Drjber,
Rockwood
