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Can the Canadians tell us how many troops landed at Dieppe? We visited there last year and can see how the tanks had trouble getting off the beach even without opposing fire.

A thing I find interesting about the list of participating units above is how heterogenus the force was. Was the reason they were so fragmented (must have caused huge command and control problems) everyone realized it was a suicide mission from the outset and they did not want to risk wiping out an entire single major formation? Everyone knows a star team will beat a team of stars every time.

Just a note on the Hon before the captain's name. It is like General Sir Douglas Haig. This stands for Captain, the honorable, Bill Smith. Meaning he was the son of a Lord or Baron. The British Army still use this title in formal documents but in day to day military correspondence he would normally just be referred to as Captain Bill Smith. Your fellow was either a Brit attached to the Canadians or a Canadian holding on to his hereditary title.

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