Well, never knew that! While I was an Officer at Warminster, the PCD Officer students used to use Dieppe as one of their battle scenarios where they were leading platoons etc etc. Didn't concern me but at the end of the Course there was a talk by an actual veteran of Dieppe (and later a POW) who would talk about the realities of leading men in action when the shxx was REALLY hitting the fan and things were olooking a bit grim. I asked him what plans were in place if, by some chance, they actually gained a strong foothold and found that they could hold a bridgehead for, say 24 hours while the enemy were running around like lost souls trying to get their act together.

I was thinking of reinforcements from the UKicon. But no, there were no plans. Just go in, reccy in strength, destroy, take prisoners and get out. Interesting