Dieppe Raid Cited as Key to Normandy Landing Success
General Crerar of the First Canadian Army praised the Dieppe raid of August 19, 1942, as essential experience that formed the basis for planning and executing the Allied invasion of Normandy. He spoke during a Dieppe ceremony honoring Second Canadian Division and 1st Division volunteers who died in the raid and later campaigns.
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France
Ieat
Crerar
Dieppe
Normandy
14Th Armored Regiment
Canadian Armored Corps
Hope for Change London Dictates German Mobilization
Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar warned of a temporary deficiency of men delaying victory but promised total mobilization to stabilize the western front. He likened Allied breaks to 1940 Maginot setback and said reduced fronts would allow concentrated strength to restore the balance. Nazi comments urged a time fight while building internal defenses and guerilla bands were rumored by Stockholm dispatches.
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London
Kurt Dittmar
Apokcaman
Germany
Weuttra Front
Dittmar
Maginot Line
Stockholm
Hitler
Ottawa Unemployment Fund Remains Intact In July
Louis J. Trottier, chairman of the unemployment insurance commission, said employer, employee and government contributions kept the fund intact with July total of 216,171,931. Interest on investments covered benefit payments. July receipts were 6,585,122 and benefits paid 154,452, leaving a net increase of 6,450, - for the period.
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Ottawa
Louis J. Trottier
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Trottier
General Pope To Become Worse Have Charge Of Post War Plans
Ottawa reports Major General Maurice Pope returns to a key role in postwar planning. He becomes military secretary to the cabinet war committee and a member of the chiefs of staff committee, advising the prime minister and linking army navy and air. Pope will oversee war demobilization plans and government policy on end-of-war issues.
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Ottawa
Maurice , Pope
Canada
War Committee
Pope
Army
Navy
Air Fore
Chiefs of Staff
J. C. Murchie
Tf General Staff
George P. Jones
Naval Staff
Robert Leckie
Air Staff
Chiefs of Staffs
Gen. Pope
Wiliam D. Leahy
Roosevelt
Harold Ismay
Churchill
Ambassadors Northward Trip Ends in Fort William
United States ambassador to Canada Ray Atherton completes a lengthy cross Canada voyage across the western and northwestern regions. In an interview he declares renewed inspiration from the unconquerable vitality of the western world and confidence that the North American spirit now serves the global stage.
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Fort William
Ray Atherton
United States
Canada
Northwest
Canadian graves mark Dieppe raid dead with numbered plots
In a cemetery behind Dieppe on a hill lie 880 Second Canadian division raid force graves from August 19 1842. Most interred are Canadians. the markers are numbered with no names on the stones. A cemetery attendant retains the list of the names.
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Dieppe
Canada Faces Sugar Shortage Amid Global Demands
A prices board spokesman called Canada’s sugar supply position bad and warned it may worsen as liberated European countries consume UN stockpiles. Despite a 1943 production rise to 870,557,020 pounds, no ration increase is expected this year. Canada met only 20 percent of its needs and must import 80 percent from a UN pool with no surplus.
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Canada
Ottawa
Prices Board
Europe
United Nations
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Allied Breakthrough Across Gothic Line Near Adriatic
British Eighth Army and Canadian forces shattered the Gothic Line in Italy in two days, beating back German defenses and driving toward the Adriatic. Field Marshal Kesselring had expected a three week stand but Italian front planning, Lt Gen Leese and Gen Alexander contributions aided a rapid knockout blow. The advance began near the Adriatic as Germany faced a potential decisive phase of the Italian campaign with casualties on both sides and early September operations continuing. Also Swedish Red Cross announced 2635 British Canadian and American prisoners and internees would be shipped from Germany to Trelleborg for exchange on Sept 7.
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Kesselring
Eighth Army
Germany
Brenner Pass
Leese
Alexander
Italy
Stockholm
Red Crest
Trelleborg
Gift for France: Red Cross Sends Canadian Clothing
The Canadian Red Cross plans twenty tons of Canadian made clothing for French children in liberated areas, joining a broader aid effort that totals about 110 tons of clothing, medical supplies and food destined for Normandy. The shipment is coordinated from Red Cross headquarters in Toronto and supported by multiple organizations.
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Red Cross
Toronto
France
Normandy
Skeena highway opens between Terrace and Prince Rupert
Opening ceremonies marked the completion of the $11,000,000 Skeena highway linking Terrace and Prince Rupert, B.C. A 40-car caravan of autos and army trucks traveled the 78 miles to officially open the route on September 4.
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Terrace
Prince Rupert
B.C
Largest convoy sails to UK under Canadian escort
The largest convoy ever to sail the seas arrived in the United Kingdom under close escort by the Canadian Navy and air cover from the RCAF and RAF. The 150 merchant ships carried over 1,000,000 tons of cargo, with 100 percent close escort for North America to the United Kingdom trade convoys this summer. The escort included frigates, corvettes, destroyers, landing ships, and 10,000 officers and men among 190 ships.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canadian Navy
RCAF
RAF
Navy
Macdonald
Admiralty
George L. Stephen
Halifax
North America
Europe
British planes strike Tirpitz and sink enemy ships
British naval aircraft attacked the German battleship Tirpitz off Altenfjord and damaged at least 16 other vessels in northern waters. The raid also hit radio stations and hangars along the Norwegian coast, with nine German planes shot down and eleven British planes lost. The operations were conducted by carriers under Admiral Sir Henry Moore in the Home Fleet.
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London
Admiralty
Ain
Hammersent
Arctic Circle
North Cape
Home Fleet
Sir Henry Moore
Altenfjord
Sweden to deny asylum to war criminals at frontiers
Stockholm reports Sweden will refuse asylum to war criminals and return them to their home countries for justice. Minister of social affairs Gunnar Moeller said frontiers have admitted many refugees but wartime deeds in occupied regions are beyond what the civilized world would imagine.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Guntav Moeller
Moeller
Belgians Helped Secret Army Prepare Landing Grounds
London report says more than 60 agents parachuted into Belgium before Allied entry. Belgian forces built landing grounds to receive supplies and troops, while sabotage rose as Allies neared. Germans destroyed 180000 gallons of gasoline. Allied paratroopers carried radio sets weapons ammunition and light gear for landing support.
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Secret Army
London
Belgium
Alled
Poeenee
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