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Encyclopedia > Operation Jubilee Order of Battle

Operation Jubilee was the Allied code name for the raid at Dieppe on the French coast on August 19, 1942. The following order of battle lists the significant military units that participated in the battle, or were available as reserve.

Contents

Allied

Ground forces

The landing force commander was Major General John Hamilton Roberts, the commander of the 2nd Canadian Division.

Notes:

  1. Floating reserve.

Naval forces

The naval forces were under the command of Captain John Hughes-Hallett of the Royal Navy.

  • 8 Destroyers - HMS Albrighton, Berkeley, Bleasdale, Brocklesby, Calpe, Fernie, Garth, and the ORP Slazak.
  • 1 Gunboat - HMS Locust
  • 9th Minesweeper Flotilla
  • 13th Minesweeper Flotilla
  • 9 landing ships
  • 12 motor gun boats
  • 4 steam gun boats
  • 20 motor launches

Air forces

The Allied air forces were under the command of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

  • RAF Fighter Command No. 11 Group
    • 46 Spitfire squadrons
      • 302 "City of Poznań" Polish Fighter Squadron
      • 303 "Kościuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron
      • 306 "City of Toruń" Polish Fighter Squadron
      • 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron
      • 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron
    • 8 Hurricane squadrons
    • 5 Boston squadrons
    • 4 Mustang squadrons
    • 1 Beaufighter squadron
  • USAAF 97th Bombardment Group
    • 4 B-17 squadrons

German

Wehrmacht

Defense the coast at Dieppe was the German 302nd Infantry Division under the command of Lieutenant-General Konrad Haase. This division was assigned to German LXXXI Corps, Fourteenth Army, Army Group D.

  • 302nd Infantry Division1
    • 570th Infantry Regiment
    • 571st Infantry Regiment
    • 572nd Infantry Regiment
    • 302nd Artillery Regiment
    • 302nd Reconnaissance Battalion
    • 302nd Antitank Battalion
    • 302nd Engineer Battalion
  • 216th Battery
  • 813th Battery
  • 2/770 Army Coastal Battery
  • Heavy Flak group

Notes

  1. The following German formations were available as reserves but never made it to the battle:
  • 676th Infantry Regiment of the 332nd Infantry Division
  • 10th Panzer Division
  • SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Infantry Brigade

Luftwaffe

  • 2nd Fighter Wing
  • 26th Fighter Wing
  • 2nd Bomber Wing
  • II/40th Bomber Wing
  • 1.(F)/123 Reconnaissance

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