DIEPPE. Tribute to a raid Game trail 7-9 year olds

Let’s step back in time, more precisely to the Second World War. With this game trail you’ll find out what happened at sea, in the air and on the beaches in and around Dieppe on August 19, 1942. That city on the Normandy coast () was then occupied by Germany, as was most of Europe.

In order to fight the enemy the Allies (the countries opposing Germany) launched operations at sea, in the air and on the ground. The raid on Dieppe (code-name = Jubilee) was one of those operations. Unfortunately, the raid was not a success and a lot of blood was shed. More than two thirds of allied soldiers perished, were wounded or made prisoner.

Reconstitute the map of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War by correctly positioning the pieces below.

N° .... N° .... N° .... N° ....

1 3 2 4

1 1 3 1 3 51 3 5 7 3 5 7 5 7 7 2 2 4 2 4 6 2 4 6 4 6 6 In the early hours of August 19, 1942 over 6,000 men got ready to land in Dieppe and its surroundings. The beaches selected for Operation Jubilee were code-named with the name of a colour (in English). Carefully watch the map and pinpoint the colour that was not chosen to designate a beach. Circle the correct answer.

Yellow Blue White Red Black Green Orange

Over 5,000 Canadian soldiers participated in Operation Jubilee. Things rapidly turned sour. A mere 2,211 men returned to Great Britain after the raid.

Below you’ll find four Canadian army badges.

Complete the empty boxes, taking care to place four different badges on each row and in each column.

Tick the regiment to which the mannequin presented on the pebbles belonged (look at his shoulder!).

What regiment did he belong to?

Royal Regiment of Canada

Fusiliers Mont Royal

Régiment de Maisonneuve

Essex Scottish Several Belgians, both aviators and seamen, also participated in Operation Jubilee.

Help Désiré Guillaume locate his plane. That pilot headed 350 Squadron (a group of Belgian pilots) during Operation Jubilee. Don’t forget to admire the beautiful scale-model of his Spitfire.

Locate these epaulets. A Belgian sailor, serving in the , wore the same ones. He participated in the raid on Dieppe on board troop transporter HMS Queen Emma (a Dutch ship turned into a landing craft). A picture is to be found on the panel.

What was his name? ......

Something indicates these are Navy epaulets. Draw that object in the box (tip: watch the button). These four Belgian ships were also used by the British Navy to convey men to the beaches. They were named after members of the Belgian royal family and carry the predicate “HMS” (His Majesty’s Ship, the king of ). What is the name of the ship represented on the picture to be found on the panel entitled “The Belgian ferryboats”? Circle the correct answer.

HMS Princes Astrid HMS Prince Léopold HMS Prince Charles HMS Prins Albert

These medals all belonged to Belgians who participated in the raid on Dieppe. Can you help our restorer assemble the correct combinations (ribbon and medal)?

A • • 1

B• • 2

C • • 3

D • •4

E • • 5

F • • 6

7 G • •

H • • 8 Go and find the panel entitled “Belgian aviators participating in Operation Jubilee”. Find our mystery character by eliminating the ones we are not looking for!

My pilot wings are clearly visible. I don’t smoke. I’m wearing a peaked cap. I don’t belong to 609 Squadron. I’m wearing a tie. I don’t have a dog. My family name counts 6 letters.

I am ………………......

Retrace your steps and you’ll find a picture taken by an on-board airplane camera. It shows the aerial combat between our mystery character’s Spitfire and a German plane over Dieppe on August 19, 1942. The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy flags are exhibited in this area. Who does this one belong to? The Royal Air Force or the Royal Navy?

Draw the other one in the box.

Each side gives its own account of the raid. The pro-German newspapers highlight the failure of the operation (a lot of casualties without any results), whereas the Allied stress the soldiers’ courage and the number of POWs taken. This poster, for instance, wishes to convince the Dieppe inhabitants that the Germans are not that bad after all, as they set the French prisoners free. But could this be manipulation?

Over time the poster got torn in several places. Draw or complete the missing parts. Today, Operation Jubilee is also told to children through two comic books.

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Play with the rotating cubes and try to reassemble the four stories told on the sides of the cubes. Is everything clear to you? Check by reading the comic book pages reproduced on the panels.

Mémoire du raid Pilot D. L. Stevenson Tribute to a raid

HMS Berkeley Sergeant P. Dubuc

You have now reached the end of the exhibition. Just as the Belgians who fought during the Second World War (in Dieppe and elsewhere) you truly deserve your 1940- 1945 commemorative medal! Cut it out and wear it on the left side of your torso, as on the uniforms you saw in the exhibition. ANSWERS Map: n° 4 – 3 – 1 – 2

The colour black was not chosen as a code name to designate a beach during Operation Jubilee.

Sudoku of the Canadian badges The mannequin is wearing the Fusiliers Mont Royal badge.

Désiré Guillaume has to take route n° 3.

The Belgian sailor is called George Depoorter. The anchor in relief on the button used to fasten the epaulet indicates the person serves in the Navy.

HMS Prince Charles

Medals: A8, B3, C5, D6, E1, F7, G2, H4

The mystery pilot is Henri Picard.

D.L. Stevenson Hit by German fire Derek Leyland Stevenson steers his Hurricane over the coast off Dieppe in order to bail out over water. He will be fished out by an allied Polish .

Pierre Dubuc After having succeeded in leaving the beach zone Canadian sergeant Pierre Dubuc (Fusiliers Mont Royal) and some men make it to the harbour, but are then taken prisoner by the German army. The prisoners however manage to distract the wardens and to es- cape. Sergeant Dubuc is the only one to reach the beach unharmed.

HMS Berkeley HMS Berkeley is part of the fleet engaged in Operation Jubilee. Hit by a bomb the ship begins to sink. The destroyer’s crew is evacuated before the Berkeley is “finished off” by an allied ship in order to avoid leaving it to the enemy.

Commemoration of the raid at the Vertus cemetery August 19, 1992, Vertus Canadian cemetery. Dieppe commemorates the raid’s 50th anniversary. Emile Bayeul tells his grandson about the tragic day he experienced when he was still a child.