Episode 432-Blood on Blue Beach

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.5 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Now that the two attacking flanks had landed men, one went well, the other was a debacle, it was time to land men at Blue Beach, just east of Dieppe. And it would be here that would determine if Operation Jubilee would be a success or not. But the Germans were ready. Images and Maps for this episode can be found on the History of WWII Podcast website at https://bit.ly/45Baknq To view this episode with Captions view on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/CarjMMflJao RSS - https://feeds.megaphone.fm/history-of-world-war-ii Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wwii45 Twitter - https://twitter.com/WW2Podcaster Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rayharrisjr/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wwiiguy YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@historyofwwiipodcast8712 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.0	Hello, and thank you for listening to The History of World War II podcast.
1:14.0	Episode 432, blood on Blue Beach.
1:19.0	Last time, while the attack on the Hess battery to the west of Diepp near Vorongaville had gone well,
1:25.0	though due to a lucky mortar round, it was the exact opposite of the Gebbles battery at Bernouval.
1:32.0	There, many Commandos were killed or captured, and the guns remained operational.
1:37.0	But the fighting wasn't over. It had just begun.
1:41.0	To the west at the Hess battery, now that the large gun was out of commission,
1:46.0	the four Commando went in for the kill.
1:49.0	And there would be no marquee of Queen's Berry rules here.
1:53.0	At 610 AM, troops B&F were in place, waiting to launch their part of the attack.
1:59.0	Lord Levant fired his flare pistol into the air, and the men went in.
2:04.0	Bayonets fixed, and these long blades of steel would see much work this morning.
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