Operation Jubilee
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Operation Jubilee was a disastrous 1942 Allied amphibious assault on the German-occupied French port of Dieppe during World War II, intended as a raid and test of invasion tactics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Jubilee canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amphibious assault
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ raid ⓘ |
| airComponentCommander |
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
ⓘ
surface form:
Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
|
| alsoKnownAs | Dieppe Raid ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Allied forces
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| casualties | high Allied casualties ⓘ |
| casualtiesDescription | majority of attacking infantry killed, wounded or captured ⓘ |
| characterization | disastrous raid ⓘ |
| codename | Operation Jubilee self-link ⓘ |
| commander |
Major-General J. H. Roberts
ⓘ
surface form:
Major-General John Hamilton Roberts
|
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| date | 1942-08-19 ⓘ |
| defendingCommander |
Generalleutnant Konrad Haase
ⓘ
Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann ⓘ |
| followedBy | later Allied amphibious operations in Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of specialized armored vehicles for D-Day
ⓘ
planning of Operation Overlord ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
British Army
ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Free French forces
Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ United States Army Rangers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Rangers
|
| lessonsLearned |
importance of preliminary bombardment
ⓘ
need for better intelligence and reconnaissance ⓘ need for specialized landing craft and armored vehicles ⓘ |
| location |
Dieppe
ⓘ
France ⓘ Normandy ⓘ Seine-Maritime ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
heavy German coastal defenses
ⓘ
limited preliminary naval and air bombardment ⓘ |
| objective |
raid German-occupied port of Dieppe
ⓘ
test amphibious invasion tactics ⓘ |
| occupyingPowerAtLocation | Germany ⓘ |
| operationType |
amphibious landing
ⓘ
combined arms operation ⓘ |
| overallNavalCommander |
Admiral Bertram Ramsay
ⓘ
surface form:
Rear-Admiral Bertram Ramsay
|
| partOf |
Western Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Front of World War II
|
| precededBy | smaller commando raids on the French coast ⓘ |
| primaryGroundContingent | 2nd Canadian Infantry Division ⓘ |
| prisonersTakenBy | Germany ⓘ |
| result |
Allied defeat
ⓘ
German victory ⓘ |
| theater | European theatre of World War II ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | early morning assault ⓘ |
| year | 1942 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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No. 2 Group