Dieppe would make a pretty good starting point for people trying to do a "what if?" about the Germans doing operation Sealion.
DweezilZA
That’s a pretty interesting uniform there
TheKYStrangler
I’m hoping someone here could suggest a good book I could read about this event?
oi_you_nutter
What rifle is that? It is not a Kar 98k. It has a stacking rod. Could it be a Kar98 AZ or Kar 98 a?
Tucha8
Bully Harington? Aniki?
The_Red_Kaiser
I understand why the raid took place and the eventual lessons that were learnt that day which helped shape the future Normandy landings but I wonder what would have happened if the raid developed into a further success.
Do they stay? Form a stronghold? Push further into France? Retreat after a number of days?
GrandManSam
"Mein gott, they really can make tea with these things."
LimehouseJack
Anyone know what he’s got tucked in his belt? It’s not a grenade – looks almost like a beacon of some kind ?
onboardbasil
Ah, that time the allies used Canadians as cannon fodder
grumpi1957
Can you imagine this guy telling his buddies years later, how he and his machete disabled this tank, single handed!
![A German sailor posing alongside a disabled Churchill tank in the aftermath of the failed Dieppe raid. France, August 1942. [800 x 1113]](https://i.imgur.com/IHiOHvO.png)
Anxious-Market
Dieppe would make a pretty good starting point for people trying to do a "what if?" about the Germans doing operation Sealion.
DweezilZA
That’s a pretty interesting uniform there
TheKYStrangler
I’m hoping someone here could suggest a good book I could read about this event?
oi_you_nutter
What rifle is that? It is not a Kar 98k. It has a stacking rod. Could it be a Kar98 AZ or Kar 98 a?
Tucha8
Bully Harington? Aniki?
The_Red_Kaiser
I understand why the raid took place and the eventual lessons that were learnt that day which helped shape the future Normandy landings but I wonder what would have happened if the raid developed into a further success.
Do they stay? Form a stronghold? Push further into France? Retreat after a number of days?
GrandManSam
"Mein gott, they really can make tea with these things."
LimehouseJack
Anyone know what he’s got tucked in his belt? It’s not a grenade – looks almost like a beacon of some kind ?
onboardbasil
Ah, that time the allies used Canadians as cannon fodder
grumpi1957
Can you imagine this guy telling his buddies years later, how he and his machete disabled this tank, single handed!