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Description
With little hope of survival, Mr. Edwards shares his view on why so many soldiers died on the beach in Dieppe.
Transcription
The pile of people that died on a beach like Dieppe alone shows you that it killed a thousand men that day alone. And when you get to Dieppe, it’s a flat area in front of town, full of rocks. And you go in there with a tank, well you don’t get very good traction. It’ll throw tracks off your vehicle. And so, it wasn’t a good place to land, that’s what I’m trying to say. It was not good for infantry or us. You see, when you’re in the infantry you’re coming in on a flat deck like that and the Germans are up high, Well, what hope does an infantry guy have to live – not hardly any. And that’s why so many died, you know.