Dieppe
Title
:
Dieppe
Summary
:
A historically-based, partly fictionalized account of the politics, planning and rivalries involved in the Dieppe Raid, on August 19, 1942, which involved Canadian forces. After three years of training, Canadian troops are eager to get into the fray. Dieppe is chosen as the site of the largest amphibious raid of the war. High level political machinations begin to eat away at the original plan. The lone voice of dissent, commander of the Canadian troops, Major-General Hamilton Roberts, knows the attack is doomed ... but is ordered to go ahead. For nearly 3,000 brave Canadian soldiers, the war ended in the bloodbath at Dieppe.
Year Published
:
1993
Physical Description
:
2 videocassettes (180 min.) : vhs, sd., col. ; 1.25 cm.
Note
:
Based on "Unauthorized action" by Brian Villa.
Personal Subject
:
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965-Drama.
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979-Drama.
Subject
:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Drama.
War films.
Canadian films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Dieppe Raid, 1942 -- Drama.
Added Author
:
Brydon, W. B.
Garber, Victor.
Welsh, Kenneth.
Reineke, Gary.
Devine, Aidan.
Villa, Brian Loring. Unauthorized action : Mountbatten and the Dieppe raid.
Summary
:
A historically-based, partly fictionalized account of the politics, planning and rivalries involved in the Dieppe Raid, on August 19, 1942, which involved Canadian forces. After three years of training, Canadian troops are eager to get into the fray. Dieppe is chosen as the site of the largest amphibious raid of the war. High level political machinations begin to eat away at the original plan. The lone voice of dissent, commander of the Canadian troops, Major-General Hamilton Roberts, knows the attack is doomed ... but is ordered to go ahead. For nearly 3,000 brave Canadian soldiers, the war ended in the bloodbath at Dieppe.
ISBN
:
9781552590201
Publisher
:
Toronto, Ont. : CBC Home Video : distributed by Morningstar Entertainment Inc., 1993.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Edmonton Christian High | TRC VHS 940.54 DIE | Teacher resource | 30905000084925 | Teacher Materials |