You’re definitely not speaking for “the Canadians” with that anti-British viewpoint.
It was the Cdn Army that pushed to have 2 Div perform OP JUBILEE.
Maybe not every canadians but a lot think that way.
Canadian soldier was probably the best soldier in WWII but not their commanders who was under was under british command!
You realy think they had the choice?
If you received and order from your superior…you’re going to say…no i’ m sorry!
_The British needed every soldier they could get whether they be Australian, New Zealander, Canadian, Indian, South African etc. Dieppe was a mistake but in the long run the lessons learned helped Operation Overlord aka D-Day be a success. The British simply did not through lives away because they werent British. If you look at WW1 how many British lives were lost simply because of incompetence in the higher echelons of command? My great uncle spent most of WW1 in prison because he refused to “go over the top” because he knew it was suicide, my other 6 great uncles didnt have his insubordinate attitude and they died because of the incompetence of their commanders.
The two soldiers who took my Uncle back behind the lines to the MP’s thanked him for his actions because in his defiance of orders he not only saved his lives but their lives too.
Just for the record Dieppe was a failure but the battles of WW1 embody the old German proverb “The British fight like lions but are lead around by donkeys”._
I agree, most of WWII and WWI great battle was won by canadian,australian and new zealand soldier.
But Dieppe still the worst decision of british high commander in WWII.