33 accepting to be towed back to England in a leaking boat.” Codenamed Operation Jubilee, the raid on the port town of Dieppe and the villages of Puys and Pourville on either flank, marked but a single day, nine hours in fact, in a long six-year war. It proved to be the single costliest day for Canada in that conflict with 3367 casualties out of the 4963 Canadians involved, a 68% casualty rate including 907 killed and 1946 taken prisoner.1 While largely a Canadian operation Top - Canadian dead on Blue Beach Puys 19 August 1942. Below - Puys Today.
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