Dieppe august 19 1942

[Juster]

What they needed was a 4-rotor Enigma, designed only for U-boat use/U-bot communications. THAT was the solid-gold ring.

Allegedly, the German kept the 1st 3 rotors of the 4-rotor in the same position as the weather report 3-rotor machine, once that came to light it wasn't so bad.
The guys who captured the M4 codebooks drowned going back for the actual machine. One of them had lied about his age to join the Navy. The level of sacrifice in those days humbles me.

 

[alliedarms.ca]

A family friend Pierre Vennat, whose Father died on the beach at Dieppe. Related in a Facebook post yesterday. That he was saddened to see NO Governmental representation of any sort at the remembrance ceremonies held at Dieppe yesterday. there were about 200 participants, of which 4 were survivors of the Dieppe Raid.

He further commented that the F.M.R. Memorial stank of urine.
Visiting and local drunken idiots using it (and others) as a urinal.

Lest we Forget

Lieutenant André Vennat. Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. Dieppe. August 19 1942.

How soon forgotten eh!

Very disappointing to hear, memorials should be stringently maintained. Someone should report this to the media.