Dieppe Revisited

This is a reappraisal of the ill-fated raid named Operation Jubilee, focusing on such aspects as naval and air operations in the Channel, signals, radar intelligence, agents and deception. It draws from official archives, both German and Allied. From these voluminous but fragmented records, many of which have been destroyed, classified or lost, the book aims to thread the evidence together. Despite its failures, Operation Jubilee succeeded in surprising the enemy in its timing and location, and contributed to the planning of Operation Overlord in 1944.