Learn about the 1942 Dieppe Raid from Veterans who were there in our ‘Heroes Remembers Presents’ video! The Dieppe Raid is one of the best-known and most controversial chapters in Canada’s Second World War history. The Allied raid on the occupied French port on 19 August, 1942, saw almost 5,000 brave Canadian soldiers take part and suffer extremely heavy casualties in the fighting. Who better to talk about what our soldiers experienced than our Veterans who saw action there that day? Watch the ‘

The Dieppe Raid is one of the best-known and most controversial chapters in Canada’s Second World War history. The Allied raid on the occupied French port on August 19, 1942, saw almost 5,000 brave Canadian soldiers take part and suffer extremely heavy casualties in the fighting. Who better to talk about what our soldiers experienced than our Veterans who saw action there that day? #RememberThem For more Heroes Remember videos, check out our YouTube playlist: http://ow.ly/tk3h303okg3 | Canada Re

From our video archive - "Dieppe, 1944. The 2e Division du Canada / 2nd Canadian Division returns in triumph to the scene of their martyrdom ... In a peaceful graveyard, are 855 crosses row-on-row. During the occupation, they were erected by Frenchmen of Dieppe to mark the resting place of the gallant Canadians who fell in the Dieppe raid. Their memory is forever as fresh as the flowers brought by kind hands to their graves." | Canadian Army