The battle of Dieppe was no where near successful. The Allies knew that if they wanted to defeat Hitler, they needed to change their tactics. Dieppe had severe losses, but they know knew what it would take to defeat the Germans. It is said that “the battle of Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe. For every 1 man who was killed at Dieppe, at least 10 or more had their lives spared on the beaches of Normandy.” Dieppe was the sacrifice that needed to be taken before the stunning victory of Normandy. The lessons learned regarding military decisions, secrecy, and planning at Dieppe ensured a victory at Normandy. Many poor military decisions were made by the Allies at Dieppe that caused a quick defeat. At Dieppe, airplane bombers held back for fear of civilian casualties. They also cancelled the paratroopers due to bad weather. But, at Normandy, they continually blasted the coastlines and dropped paratroopers which significantly slowed German defences. The Allies learned that cancelling these two military tactics cost them the battle at Dieppe. At Normandy, they knew what to do and ended up taking out more German defences. In war, military decisions are only important if secrecy is kept. Without it, defences will be waiting and all those decisions will be useless. Around the time of the Dieppe attack, Germany had already started …show more content…
At Dieppe, one small beach was attacked with only 5000 men. Clearly this didn’t work well, so the Allies changed their tactics for Normandy. They attacked one huge beach that was split up into five areas and 150,000 men were sent on the day of the attack. Reinforcements were sent in waves during the following days. The Allies also knew that there was no dock at Normandy. So, after some careful consideration, a dock was made and sent over. Germany didn’t know that the Allies could think through and put together such a detailed plan and it stunned