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David Cale (ImagesOfTheJourney) > Castle At Dieppe
David Cale (ImagesOfTheJourney) > Dieppe France Aug19th, 1942 Further down the Normandy coast I stopped at Dieppe, a small harbour city nestled between towering chalk cliffs. It was here on August 19, 1942 five thousand Canadians and one thousand Brits launched a "raid in strength" on the town. This was partly a ill conceived attempt to satisfy Stalin's demands for attacks that would draw German resources and take the pressure off the Russian front. Mismanagement is too kind a word for the events of the day. It was a bloody disaster. The bombardment of the guns on the cliffs overlooking the beach was completely ineffectual. Many of the tanks landed on the beach by the new LCTs (Landing Craft Tank) could not climb the steep flint pebble beach which jammed and broke the sprockets of their tread drive wheels. Naval fire and fighter support was woefully inadequate. The men were trapped on the beach, sitting ducks for the overwhelming fire power of the machine guns of the shore defences and the heavy guns on the surrounding cliffs. By the end of the day, of the 3367 casualties, 907 Canadians were dead, and a further two thousand captured. "They" said many lessons were learned that made the D day invasion, two years later, a success.
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David Cale (ImagesOfTheJourney) > Madonna Of The Bakery....... Taken at midnight just south of Rome Italy during the Italian heat wave. Temp 36C
David Cale (ImagesOfTheJourney) > Montepulciano Oasis
David Cale (ImagesOfTheJourney) > Mars & Moon @ Luxor
David Cale (ImagesOfTheJourney) > Take Off In Toronto In October my friend Jim and I took off from Brampton Flying Club and as we rose into the dawn sky I saw in the distance the towers and The Tower of Toronto. I put a very powerful telephoto lens on my camera and was lucky to get this shot. The downtown is probably about 40 km away.
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Montepulciano Oasis
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Montepulciano Oasis
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