In the morning, before we left Dieppe, we spent some time on the rocky beach re-enacting the Calgary Tanks' attempt to land at Dieppe and progress up the slippery and rocky terrain. It was a challenging task to say the least and understandably why it I was such a failure for the Canadian troops. From Dieppe, we made a quick stop at Pourville, which was one of the other beaches that was part of the raid. From there we could clearly see beaches as far as the eye could see and how easy of a target the Canadians were.
We then stopped at the Dieppe Canadian Cemetery to pay our respects to those who lost their lives on 19 August 1942. This cemetery looked a little bit different in that the headstones are head to head (see the pictures to understand what we mean by this) as they were buried by the Germans.
Our next stop was the Pegasus Bridge where British glider troops landed to secure the bridge in the beginning of D-day. After that we went to the Merville battery, a coastal artillery battery particularly dangerous for the Allies crossing the English Channel. After this we drove to Bayuex, Normandy to spend our first of 2 nights there.
Summary provided by Sgt Erickson
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