Memorial 14ᵗʰ Army Tank Regiment (Calgary Regiment)

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On 19 August 1942, the 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment (Tank)) found themselves committed to Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid.
Though the Regiment was supposed to be timed to follow an air and naval bombardment, the soldiers were put to shore 10 minutes too late, leaving the infantry without support during the first and most critical minutes of the battle. As the tanks came to shore on the beach at Dieppe, they were not only brought to a halt by German fire, but found themselves immobilized due to the rough condition of the shingle banks and sea-wall. Despite this fact, the immobilized Calgary Tanks continued to support the infantry and managed to withdraw many soldiers from the battle. In the end, however, most of the tank crews were either captured as prisoners of war or died in action. The raid at Dieppe proved fatal for some 13 soldiers of the Calgary Regiment, two of which were officers. Thirty-three others were wounded, and 138 taken prisoner.
After the raid on Dieppe, The 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment (Tank)) went into history as the first tank regiment of the Canadian Army to go into battle with the enemy as well as the first engaged in amphibious assault during the Second World War.

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