Warships off Dieppe

Warships off Dieppe

Three photographs: top showing two navy ships off a coastline. Middle shows a number of small boats a sea with smoke on left side. Captioned 'Two pictures illustrating part of work done by Royal Navy in the successful Combined Operations raid on Dieppe'. Bottom an oblique aerial photographs showing coastline with town. Captioned 'Over Dieppe - a photograph taken over Dieppe by RAF film unit during progress of the raid'.

1942-08-22

One newspaper cutting mounted on a scrapbook page

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THE TIMES SATURDAY AUGUST 22 1942

WARSHIPS OFF DIEPPE

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THE NAVY’S PART. – Two pictures illustrating part of the work done by the Royal Navy in the successful Combined Operations raid on Dieppe. The whole landing force crossed the Channel in naval vessels and transports and the guns of the warships lent invaluable aid to the party ashore. The upper picture is of warships off Dieppe and the lower shows landing-craft making use of a smoke screen when approaching the French shore.

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OVER DIEPPE. – A photograph taken over Dieppe by R.A.F. Film Unit during the progress of the raid. Smoke can be seen arising from the beaches on which our troops landed. The big building on fire is the tobacco factory used by the Germans for military purposes, which was bombarded by naval units. The Casino is the large building near the coast towards the centre of the picture.