"The Fateful Facade"

Stories are told of two people on ships off the coast of the French port of Dieppe. One, an old man with a cane; the other a young tourist, roughly 20 years of age. As they gaze at the beautiful white bluffs of Dieppe, tears form in their eyes. Their thoughts, very similar, both thinking of that fateful day so long ago. A maple leaf is embroidered on the tourist's backpack, and on the old man's …

…Lord Hastings. The Memoirs of General Ismay. p 249-250 Whitaker, D. Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph. p 60 Ibid. p 73 Copp, T. No Price Too High. p 93 Whitaker, D. Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph. p 141 Ibid. p 277 Villa, B. Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid. p 204 Copp, T. No Price Too High. p 95 Mordal, J. The Dawn of Invasion. p 119 Whitaker, D. Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph. p 8 Granatstein, J. Personal correspondence Christie, N. The Suicide Raid. p 87