Fortunately, I did not belong in either of these two groups, but that's because I got lucky...real lucky.
What the commanders originally planned were to have four surprise flank attacks in the main entrance of Dieppe. But how could the commanders have been so stubborn - of course German troops would've been scouting, landing ships and escorts on the east was spotted and that totally purged the element of surprise.
The invasion was so poorly planned that over 500 men were killed or taken prisoner before the battle even started, German men were already prepared for this attack and countered the attack successfully. August 19 of 1942 was a sad defeat for Canadians all around the world.
What were the Generals thinking?
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ReplyDeleteI had a very stubborn general too. He told our troops a lot of false information like how Japanese troops had bad night vision and didn't like rain but how wrong they were. I think generals will tell lies just to get the troops to be calm and listen to them.
ReplyDeleteWell lucky for me, my generals were a lot more prudent in their decision-making. All our assaults, captures and flanks were overall successful. Although when winter came, things fell apart a little but by New Years, our campaign was successful after 9 months of fighting the Nazis.
ReplyDeleteAs for me, D-Day had been one of the most successful victories for the Allies. My generals had taken meticulous care in preparing our assault. Heck, we almost postponed the D-Day invasion for another month just because the weather was too rough. It was clear that it was because of our strong, and caring generals, that D-Day had been such a success.
ReplyDeleteAlvin and Marco, you guys were very lucky to have great generals that lead you to victories. Unfortunately for me and my comrades, we had a bad general that lied to us.
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