The germans and air power at Dieppe: the raid and its lessons from the ‘Other Side of the Hill’

• Autores: James Shelley
• Localización: War in history, ISSN-e 1477-0385, ISSN 0968-3445, Vol. 29, Nº. 1 (enero), 2022, págs. 228-247
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Despite the vast academic and popular interest in the Dieppe raid of 19 August 1942, there remains a curious oversight of the German side of the story. This contribution interrogates German sources in order to explore the Dieppe air battle and its consequences from the perspective of the German armed forces. The paper ultimately demonstrates that the Germans learnt much about the role of air power in coastal defence from their experiences at Dieppe, but that the implementation of those lessons was lacking.