Re: They also wrote one about Dieppe
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Posted by Brad Sallows from Burnaby BC Canada on April 26, 2021 at 17:38:00:
In Reply to: They also wrote one about Dieppe posted by Michael A. Dorosh on April 23, 2021 at 19:45:25:
I don't think any amphibious operation could compare to Dieppe
in terms of what was learned about assaulting a heavily fortified
shore; none of the other operations went up against shoreline
fortifications of the same magnitude as those in France. There
would not have been the same emphasis on development of specialized
armour without Dieppe; the Americans, with no such experience,
almost had to be forced to employ duplex drive tanks. Similarly,
all the initial assaults in the Mediterranean were relative cakewalks
and it was Dieppe that taught the lessons about employing and
coordinating firepower and establishing decent communications.
Imagine if, after having strolled ashore against the Italians in
Sicily and learned relatively no hard lessons, the Allies had
undertaken a 3-division (by sea) and 2 division (by air) assault
directly against a channel port in 1943, without benefit of
prolonged bombardment, specialized armour and engineers, decent
communications and air/naval fire coordination. Does anyone think
the results would've been any different than Dieppe?
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