FRENCH SEC OF STATE FOR VETERANS TO CHAIR DIEPPE RAID 80th ANNIVERSARY IN DIEPPE

USPA NEWS - Patricia Miralles, French Secretary of State for Veterans and Remembrance will visit Dieppe and Hautot Sur Mer in High Normandy, (Seine-Maritime department) on Thursday August 18 and Friday August 19, 2022 on the occasion of the Franco-Canadian commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Dieppe raid. In fact, « Operation Jubilee » also called the « Dieppe Raid » (19 August 1942) was an Allied  amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe city in northern France (Haute Normandie), during the World War II . Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment of tanks, were put ashore from a naval force operating under protection of Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters. The port of Dieppe, was to be captured and held for a short period, to test the feasibility of a landing and to gather intelligence. German coastal defences, port structures and important buildings were to be demolished. The raid was intended to boost Allied morale, demonstrate the commitment of the UK to re-open the Western Front  and support the Soviet Union, fighting on the Eastern Front 

Patricia Miralles, French Secretary of State for Veterans and Remembrance will visit Dieppe and Hautot Sur Mer in High Normandy, (Seine-Maritime department) on Thursday August 18 and Friday August 19, 2022 on the occasion of the Franco-Canadian commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Dieppe raid. In fact, « Operation Jubilee » also called the « Dieppe Raid » (19 August 1942) was an Allied  amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe city in northern France (Haute Normandie), during the World War II . Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment of tanks, were put ashore from a naval force operating under protection of Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters. The port of Dieppe, was to be captured and held for a short period, to test the feasibility of a landing and to gather intelligence. German coastal defences, port structures and important buildings were to be demolished. The raid was intended to boost Allied morale, demonstrate the commitment of the UK to re-open the Western Front  and support the Soviet Union, fighting on the Eastern Front . The Secretary of State will preside over the official ceremony on August 18. She will also take part in the Canadian ceremony on August 19 with Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages ??and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. On the Canadian side, the Honorable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada and Associate Minister of National Defence, will lead an official Government of Canada delegation to Dieppe from August 17 to 20, 2022 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942). The Canadian delegation will include veterans of the Second World War, representatives of Indigenous and veteran organizations, Canadian parliamentarians and young people.

In memory of this major joint commando operation on the European continent, several senior foreign authorities will attend the ceremonies. These commemorations will take place in four sequences.

1/ PROVISIONAL PROGRAM:

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022

SEQUENCE 1: FRENCH NATIONAL CEREMONY

Location: Esplanade Notre-Dame du Bon Secours, 11 chemin des Falaises, 76200 Dieppe

6:00 p.m.: Arrival of the FRENCH & CANADIAN Authorities – start of the ceremony
• Honors to the Color of the Armored Marine Rifle Regiment;
• Review of the troops;
• Passage of two Rafales;
• Rise of the 10 pavilions (Canada, Australia, Belgium, United States, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Slovakia);
• Presentation of the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor to Gordon Fennell, Canadian veteran who participated in the Dieppe raid;
• Reading letters from raid fighters; before the closing statement by the officials, and a short exchange with the press.

SEQUENCE 2: VIGIL CEREMONY
Location: Canadian military cemetery (Virtues cemetery): 14 rue des 4 Vents, 76550 Hautot-sur-Mer

• 9:00 p.m.: Arrival of the authorities and parade

• Contemplation in front of the monument

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022

SEQUENCE 3: TRIBUTE TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

Location: Puys beach, 76200 Dieppe

• 10:30 a.m.: Arrival at Puys beach; start of the ceremony

• Speeches; wreath laying at the Royal Regiment of Canada

• 11:30 am: End of the ceremony



SEQUENCE 4: CANADIAN NATIONAL CEREMONY

Location: Square du Canada, 76200 Dieppe

• 2:45 p.m.: Start of the ceremony

• REMARKS by MINISTER Ginette Petitpas Taylor;

• REMARKS BY SECRETARY Patricia Miralles;

• Laying of wreaths.

• 4:15 p.m.: End of the ceremony

FRIDAY AUGUST 19 :
• 8:00 a.m.: Departure behind Dieppe town hall (allée François Mitterand) towards the Vertus cemetery

• 9:50 a.m.: Departure from the Vertus Cemetery to Puys beach

• 11:15 a.m.: Return to the Dieppe Seafront