Source:
Bodies of Canadian soldiers lying among damaged landing craft and "Churchill" tanks of the Calgary Regiment, Dieppe beach 19 Aug. 42.
Ref.:
National Archives of Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie King Collection
C-014160
(From captured German film files)
Author:
German (Unknown).
Subject:
Picture of bodies of Canadian soldiers lying among damaged landing craft and "Churchill" tanks of the Calgary Regiment, Dieppe beach 19 Aug. 42. Damaged landing crafts in the background.
Activity:
Imagine you are a German newspaper editor in 1942 completing a cover story on the Allied raid on Dieppe. Write a 3 sentence caption for this front page photograph from the point of view of the German editor. Consider what a pro-Nazi newspaper editor would write and why.
Question to consider:
If you were a Canadian newspaper editor, would your publish this photograph? Why or why not?