Chapter XII
Dieppe: Losses, Comments and Aftermath


Footnotes

1. From Directorate of War Service Records, Department of Veterans Affairs, as of July 1954.

2. United Kingdom records.

3. United Kingdom records.

4. United Kingdom records.

5. Report by Air Force Commander, Appendix "C". Combined Report, 36. Report of Commanding Officer, 35 Wing R.A.F., H.Q. 1st Cdn Corps file Ops 3-3-1-2 Div.

6. Report of C.O., 35 Wing R.A.F., above, note 5.9.

7. RCAF Logbook (Ottawa, 1949), 69.

8. Figures supplied by Air Ministry, London, from records of the Quartermaster-General's Department of the German Air Ministry.

9. The Times (London), 22 Aug 42.

10. 302nd Div. report (Operations Sec.), part VI.

11. Combined Report, para. 319.

12. 81st German Corps "Combat Report", part VII (k).

13. W.D., German Naval Operations Staff, 20 and 21 Aug 42. Report of H.Q. Naval Group West, 21 Aug 42.

14. 302nd Div. report (Operations Sec.), parts 11 (C) and III.

15. Operations Log of 81st Corps, W.D., H.Q. 81st Corps, C.R.S. 32648/4, volume "Landungsunternehmen Dieppe".

16. Report of 10th Panzer Div., 25 Aug 42, copy in ibid. Cf. C.-in-C. West "Gefechtsbericht", part III.

17. "Gefechtsbericht", part III.

18. United Kingdom records.

19. C.-in-C. West "Gefechtsbericht", parts III and IX.

20. Intelligence Report of 302nd Div., W.D., H.Q. 302nd Div., Volume "Dieppe I", Appendix 14 (C.R.S. 24353/8).

21. "Gefechtsbericht", part VIII.

22. C.R.S. H2/136.

23. 24 Aug 42: "Basic Observations of the Commander-in-Chief West, No. 9" (signed by F.M. von Rundstedt), "Gefechtsbericht", part IX.

24. Operations Sec., part IV (C).

25. 81st Corps Intelligence Report, para. 6.

26. Ibid., para. 7.

27. "Gefechtsbericht", part IX.

28. Comments on 81st Corps report, 27 Aug 42, "Gefechtsbericht", Appendix II.

29. Operations report, part IV (C).

30. Chapter XI, notes 88 and 94.

31. Picture Post, 5 Sep 42.

32. Daily Sketch, 20 Aug 42.

33. Ottawa Journal, 18 Sep 42. Cables, etc., C.M.H.Q. file 4/Dieppe/1.

34. Calpe Intelligence Log, 0556 hrs. (W.D., G.S., H.Q. 2nd Div., August 1942, Appen dix 51).

35. Quentin Reynolds, Dress Rehearsal, The Story of Dieppe (New York, 1943), 261-3.

36. Cables CGS 146, Defensor to Canmilitry, 10 Mar 43, and GS 554, Canmilitry to Defensor, 13 Mar 43, C.M.H.Q. file 4/Dieppe/1.

37. O.T.G. Williamson, "Responsibility for Dieppe", Saturday Night, 12 Jun 43.

38. See, e.g., operation orders for Operations "ABERCROMBIE" and "CAULDRON".

39. Comment by General Roberts, 19 Jul 52, H.Q.C. 1453-21-5, vol. 2. The Times (London), 3 and 4 Sep 42; Evening Standard (London), 8 Oct 42.

40. Correspondence, etc., H.Q.S. 9050-17 and C.M.H.Q. file 45/Treatment/1.

41. Reports, H.Q.S. 7236-74, vol. 1. File of No. 30 Internment Camp Staff.

42. Time, 26 Oct 42.

43. C.M.H.Q. file 67/Treatment/1. Army Council Instruction 266, 1943. Canadian Army Overseas Routine Order 3364, 19 Apr 43, replacing 3323 of 10 Apr 43.

44. H.Q.S. 9050-17. German situation report, O.K.W./WFSt, 22 Nov 43.

45. Information from Maj. C.E. Page, October 1943. Comment by Lt.-Col. R.R. Labatt, 13 Aug 52, H.Q.C. 1453-21-5, vol. 2. Cf. W. Wynne Mason, Prisoners of War ("Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War") (Wellington, 1954), 238-40, 248-9, 257-9.

46. Comment by General Roberts, 19 Jul 52, H.Q.C. 1453-21-5, vol. 2.

47. Information from Capt. Hughes-Hallett, 29-30 Sep 46.

48. Lt.-Gen. Sir F. Morgan, Overture to Overlord (London, 1950), 107.

49. The Dieppe Raid (Combined Report), 1942.

50. Despatch of Naval Force Commander, para. 11.

51. Suggested by Capt. Hughes-Hallett, 29-30 Sep 46.

52. Information from Capt. Hughes-Hallett, 29-30 Sep 46.

53. Address to Canadian officers, 7 Jun 44.

54. C.C. (42) 45 (Final), Appreciation and Outline Plan for "SLEDGEHAMMER", 31 Jul 42.

55. C.C. (42) 42 (3rd Draft), Operation "WETBOB"--Appreciation, 30 Jul 42.

56. United Kingdom records.

57. Rundstedt to Army Commanders, etc., 25 Aug 42, C.R.S. H22/39. "Summary of a Review of the Situation by Hitler", 19 Jul 43.

58. Basic Order No. 14 of C.-in-C. West, 25 Aug 42, C.R.S. H22/85.

59. "Fuhrerrede zum Ausbau des AtlantikWalles am 29.9", 3.10.42, C.R.S. H22/88.

60. Notes of Ministerialrat Dr. Helmuth Greiner, 3 Sep 42, Office of Chief of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army, MS # C-065a.

61. W.D. 13, Seventh Army, Appendix 1, 30 Sep 42, C.R.S. 28863/2.

62. C.-in-C. West appreciation, 28 Sep 42, C.R.S. H22/41. Cf. Greiner Notes (above, note 60), 5, 9 and 30 Oct 42.

63. Signal from O.K.W./WFSt, C.R.S. H22/88.

64. O.K.H. Situation Maps, Lage West, 16.6.42, 15.8.42 and 4.11.42.

65. Above, note 62.

66. O.K.H. Situation Map, Lage West, 12.10.42.

67. C.R.S. H22/41.

68. Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War [Vol. IV], The Hinge of Fate [Toronto], (1950), 323-5, 348-50.

69. Personal War Diary, Lt.-Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton, July 1942.

70. Copy in McNaughton Papers, file PA 1-7-1.

71. Tel. GS 3284, Canmilitry to Defensor, 20 Sep 42, ibid.

72. Prime Minister to Prime Minister, ibid.

73. The Hinge of Fate, 436, 572.

74. Tel. GS 3305, Canmilitry to Defensor, 22 Sep 42, PA 1-7-1.

75. Repeated in Tel. GS 2300, Defensor to Canmilitry, 24 Sep 42, ibid.

76. Repeated in Tel. CGS 475, Defensor to Canmilitry, 26 Sep 42, ibid.

77. The Hinge of Fate, 355.

78. Gen. McNaughton's memorandum of meeting, 18 Oct 42, Personal War Diary, October 1942. On 15 Oct meeting (as described by Gen. Stuart on basis of information from Mr. Ralston), another memorandum by Gen. McNaughton, 18 Oct 42, ibid.

79. GS 3577, Canmilitry to Defensor, McNaughton Papers, file PA 1-11-1.

80. Tel. CGS 552, Defensor to Canmilitry, ibid.

81. Letter McNaughton to Brooke, ibid.

82. Churchill, Their Finest Hour, 519, 625.

83. Churchill, The Grand Alliance, 143, 437-8.

84. File PA 1-11-1.

85. Documents on ibid. and on First Cdn Army file 71-2(Ops). Comment by Gen. Crerar, 7 Jun 52, H.Q.C. 1453-21-5, vol. 2.

86. Documents, file PA 1-11-1.

87. Gen. McNaughton's memorandum of interview, Personal War Diary, December 1942, Appendix "0".

88. Gen. McNaughton's conversation with Brig. Simpson, D.D.M.O.(O), War Office, 6 Jan 43, ibid., January 1943, Appendix "F". General Report, First Cdn Army, weeks ending 19 Dec 42 and 20 Mar 43, C.M.H.Q. file 4/Progress/11.

89. Gen. McNaughton's memorandum of conversation with Gen. Brooke, 9 Feb 43, McNaughton Papers, file PA 1-0-4.

90. The Hinge of Fate, 948.

91. Minutes of conference of C.-in-C. Home Forces with G.Os.C.-in-C. South Eastern Command and Cdn Army, 12 Apr 43, file PA 1-0-4.

92. Tel. No. 47, King to Churchill, 17 Mar 43, McNaughton Papers, file PA 5-0-33.



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