British prisoners marching through Dieppe, France, 1942

Photograph, World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1943), 1942.

More than 3,600 of the 6000 men who made it ashore during the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942 were either killed, wounded or captured. The objective was to seize and hold a major port for a short period and to gather intelligence while assessing the German responses. The operation was a military disaster in terms of casualties and equipment lost.

Taken at Dieppe by German photographers and later captured by the Allied armies, these 19 photographs were given to the donor by a Military Police Lieutenant at Hoecht.