DEFENCE: World War 2: British make raid on Dieppe (1942)
BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Biggest and most successful Combined Operation of the war demonstrates possibility of mass-landing in Continent.?
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Shot fighters taking off, pilots watching in foreground / Line of Bostons lined up pan up to formation of 6 Bostons in air / Nearer shot Bostons in air / AIR VIEW Boston and fighter escort over cliffs of Dover / Many fighters over Channel / AIR VIEW Fighters and bomber over Channel / GV Bostons sweep low over boats near coast.
Dieppe, France: Air shot: Showing Dieppe beaches and bombs dropping on town. Air shot: smoke screens and ships and Boston dropping bombs. Air shot bombers, flak and tracers from enemy guns and planes. CU Tracers passing in air. Air shot bomber and tracers missing plane. Air shot: bombs exploding on ground. Air shot: enemy flak bursting in air. Air shot showin