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I heard a great story about Lord Lovat during the raid at Dieppe. Wadding out to a waiting boat during the withdrawal in chest high water, a young Commando carrying a Bren gun was knocked off his feet by a nearby explosion in the water, losing the gun. Fearful of leaving the weapon behind, he drove under into the water to search for it. When he popped up to take a breath of air, a hand grabbed his shoulder. He turned and looked, it was Lord Lovat. "Are you hit, son?", Lovat asked. "No, sir!", the Commando replyed, "I dropped my Bren gun." "Bloody leave it!" Lord Lovat shouted, hurry in the Commando towards the waiting craft.😂
Lord lovat, the Fraser clan laird, of which I am born..... And on an added note so is Ian "Lemmy" kilminster of motörhead.... the frasers are a hearty bunch, they fought along side sir William Wallace.... Also an ancestor of ours who was beheaded started laughing before the chop which is where the tearm "to laugh your head off" comes from
I do enjoy these videos. In the chaos of battle often the actual facts get massaged and lost in the accepted historical narrative. One can appreciate Scott's frustration. As I've commented on several D Day videos, the men of C Company, First Canadian Para Bn maintain they were on the ground securing their DZ 20 - 30 mins before Howard's glider coup de main landed at the bridges. This is meticulously outlined in Dan Hartigan's personal account of the unit on D Day, A Rising of Courage. He explains how the officer commanding (Maj MacLeod) got their departure time pushed up and explains how the first 2 men exited the aircraft at precisely (witnesses noted the time on their watches) 11:56 on 5 June. Much like Scott, it's a cry in the dark. No is listening and no one cares. Howard's company was the first unit to land in occupied France according to the accepted narrative and it is unlikely to ever change. Not to detract from the sheer guts of Howard's company in what they achieved. A remarkable bit of soldiering that has captured the imagination for 80 years.
Wonderful historical coverage video about blonde warrior encouraged his comrades by Scottish traditional music tool (bypipe paper)during overlord operations...
Nothing could be farther from the truth. He joined the commandos. He led the failed raid at Dieppe and his men achieved one of the only successes of the day. He was the first one off of his landing craft on Sword Beach, under fire. He may not have been the first to relieve The Ox and Bucks at Pegasus Bridge, but his actions were sufficiently heroic to make his claims believable.
and yet it paved the way for 'British Arrogance' to pull off the most successful sea bourne invasion at D-Day, saving far more many lives and being far more impactful, the lessons learn at Dieppe provide the experience that allowed D-Day which was planned by those same British
Dieppe was a secondary mission. The primary was to recover an updated Enigma decoder by the British Commandos. A lot of mistakes happen on the Dieppe raid, but that is why the military creates after action reports and the lessons learned are used in the future.
