The Dieppe Canadian Cemetery
The Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Canadian Cemetery
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Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, designed by Philip Hepworth, was the first new cemetery of the Second World War to be completed in 1949. The back-to-back configuration is unlike any other Commonwealth war cemetery. When Dieppe was retaken in 1944, the Allies chose to keep the configuration, which is typical of German burial sites.
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- August 25, 2017
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- 0:36
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