'Operation Jubilee' was the World War II codename for the attack on which seaport in 1942?
2nd Canadian Division during World War II selected as the primary force for the upcoming Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe—codenamed Operation Jubilee. Mounted as a test of whether or not such a landing was feasible, the Dieppe raid was to be undertaken by the 4th and 6th Brigades, with additional naval, air, and infantry support. Significant elements of the 5th Brigade were also involved. On 19August 1942, while British commando units attacked bunker positions on the outskirts of Dieppe, forces of the 2nd Division landed on four beaches. The easternmost, Blue Beach, which was situated at the foot of a sheer cliff, presented the
Operation Roundup (1942) Operation Roundup (1942) Operation Roundup was the codename for a 1942 plan for an invasion of Northern France by Allied forces during World War II. The plan, for an invasion in the spring of 1943, overseen by Brigadier General Dwight D. Eisenhower, reflected American enthusiasm for an early entry into Europe. Senior British commanders and politicians were reluctant to commit themselves to the invasion plan; mindful of the painful losses during the Battle of the Somme (on the first day of the battle, the British Army lost almost 60,000 men) and the Battle of Passchendaele in the First World War,