Picture with Britisch or Canadian Dead soldiers NEED HELP

[voelender]

I got this picture and would like to know were this one is made.
You see dead soldiers in Britisch or Canadian uniforms.
Some of them do not wear the shoes anymore, rather strange.....
Did they died during a battle or executed ??

[mametz]

Might be the Dieppe raid, seems odd their boots have been removed though.
Mametz

[Luft 76]

yes, one of the numerous pics taken in Dieppe in august 42 by the germans. But no execution.

[enorepap]

Hallo voelender

I would dismiss the hypothesis of an execution because I clearly see a rifle and the whole equipment including the helmets. These are the first things that are taken away from a prisoner. I'm glad Luft 76 has already answered your question.

Best regards

[byterock]

been dead for a little while rigo-mortis has set-in and you now has livor mortis

most likely moved to the location where they where photo-graphed

4~10 hours maybe?

No idea why the boots are off. perhaps some of them where trying to swim and where drowned and washed up at high tide?

[Br. James]

Were soldiers' boots the kind of thing that the local citizenry might take for their own use? Interesting...

Br. James

[Admiraal]

Don't forget that they are near a beach. They could also have had wet feet while retreating from inland towards the beach (crossing a creek). As the boots are still present with the body's (you can see the boots of the left soldier under his feet), i would rule out that someone took them for other use. The soldier on the far right is still wearing his boots.

Seeing this picture, i would think that the 2 soldiers in the middle had put off their boots and socks to let them dry. During this event they somehow died. Bomb exploding nearby showering them with shrapnel? who knows.

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

picture taken in Dieppe and yes, other pictures exist of dead Canadian soldiers without boots as they were taken as "souvenirs" by German soldiers. Nothing new there, Heimdal/39-45 Magazine published some in some of their numerous articles/books on the raid.
The dead soldiers were not moved, many Canadian were killed while trying to hide on the beach near anti-tank wall. The commandos never had the time to "dry their socks" during the heavy fights, hundred were killed while trying to hide on the beach.

See You

Vince

[Der Texaner]

I have a picture of a Russian soldier fixing to be executed and he has a full uniform but no boots or socks on.

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

confirmation that the picture is taken at Puys, near the anti-tank wall/seawall behind which so many Canadian soldiers were killed when they tried to hide, unable to pass the seawall defending the beach.

At Puys (east of Dieppe, BLUE beach), the next Canadian units too part in the landing :

- 1st battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada (554 men)
- 3 heavy weapons platoons of 2nd battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (111 men)

The dozen of men killed behind the seawall (as shown in the picture below) were mostly soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Canada, unit which was slaughtered... You can see a bunker in the foreground that may have killed many the hopeless soldiers trying to hide behind the seawall.

In the link below, you will find a picture showing the seawall, in the left middle, i suspect that we can see the dead soldier on the right of the picture posted in this topic, with his head touching the wall.

http://www.inthefootsteps.com/Dieppe-blue-beach.html

The losses of the two units were :

- 1st battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada (554 men)
227 KIA = 40.98 %
264 POW (including 136 WIA) = 47.65 %
63 made it back to the UK = 11.37 %

- 2nd battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (111 men)
4 KIA = 3.61 %
63 POW = 56.75 %
44 made it back to the UK = 39.64 %

See You

Vince

[Luft 76]

[Der Texaner]

Hi,

confirmation that the picture is taken at Puys, near the anti-tank wall/seawall behind which so many Canadian soldiers were killed when they tried to hide, unable to pass the seawall defending the beach.

At Puys (east of Dieppe, BLUE beach), the next Canadian units too part in the landing :

- 1st battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada (554 men)
- 3 heavy weapons platoons of 2nd battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (111 men)

The dozen of men killed behind the seawall (as shown in the picture below) were mostly soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Canada, unit which was slaughtered... You can see a bunker in the foreground that may have killed many the hopeless soldiers trying to hide behind the seawall.

In the link below, you will find a picture showing the seawall, in the left middle, i suspect that we can see the dead soldier on the right of the picture posted in this topic, with his head touching the wall.

http://www.inthefootsteps.com/Dieppe-blue-beach.html

The losses of the two units were :

- 1st battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada (554 men)
227 KIA = 40.98 %
264 POW (including 136 WIA) = 47.65 %
63 made it back to the UK = 11.37 %

- 2nd battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (111 men)
4 KIA = 3.61 %
63 POW = 56.75 %
44 made it back to the UK = 39.64 %

See You

Vince

Great work!

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

BLUE beach was a very very small beach...

Please find below a picture of the beach at the start of the XXth century. The Grand Hotel was demolished before WWII, and many years after the war a residency was rebuilt.

The Memorial to the Royal Regiment of Canada soldiers who were killed during the ill-fated raid is now on the right of the infamous bunker we can see on the period picture i previously posted.

The last picture is showing the beach today (2009).

See You

Vince

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

below scans are taken from the highly recommended "39/45 Magazine" N°51 special issue on the Dieppe raid.

The first map shows the German positions and the second one the planned/achieved operations on August 19, 1942.

The last very sad picture is showing an unfortunate Canadian soldier who was killed on an unknown location, and which had his boots stolen by a German soldier...

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Vince

[Luft 76]

The first map shows the German positions and the second one the planned/achieved operations on August 19, 1942.

These are positions and units during sommer 1944, not in august 42.
It was the 302.ID who faced to the raid, not 245.ID.