operation jubilee order of battle

Operation Jubilee was the Allied code name for the raid at Dieppe on the French coast on August 19, 1942. The following order of battle lists the significant military units that participated in the battle, or were available as reserve.

Allied

Ground forces

The landing force commander was Major General John Hamilton Roberts, the commander of the 2nd Canadian Division.

2nd Canadian Infantry Division

4th Canadian Infantry Brigade

5th Canadian Infantry Brigade

Three platoons, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
The Calgary Highlanders

6th Canadian Infantry Brigade¹

14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
Detachment, 3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA
Detachment, 4th Field Regiment, RCA
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.)

No. 3 British Army Commando
No. 4 British Army Commando
No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando
Royal Marine "A" Commando
1st U.S. Ranger Battalion

Notes:

Floating reserve.

Naval forces

The naval forces were under the command of Captain John Hughes-Hallett of the Royal Navy.

8 Destroyers - HMS Albrighton, Berkeley, Bleasdale, Brocklesby, Calpe, Fernie, Garth, and the ORP Slazak.
1 Gunboat - HMS Locust
9th Minesweeper Flotilla
13th Minesweeper Flotilla
9 landing ships
12 motor gun boats
4 steam gun boats
20 motor launches

Air forces

The Allied air forces were under the command of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory.

RAF Fighter Command No. 11 Group

46 Spitfire squadrons

USAAF 97th Bombardment Group

4 B-17 squadrons

German

Wehrmacht

Defense the coast at Dieppe was the German 302nd Infantry Division under the command of Lieutenant-General Konrad Haase. This division was assigned to German LXXXI Corps, Fourteenth Army, Army Group D.

302nd Infantry Division¹

570th Infantry Regiment
571st Infantry Regiment
572nd Infantry Regiment
302nd Artillery Regiment
302nd Reconnaissance Battalion
302nd Antitank Battalion
302nd Engineer Battalion

216th Battery
813th Battery
2/770 Army Coastal Battery
Heavy Flak group

Notes

The following German formations were available as reserves but never made it to the battle:

676th Infantry Regiment of the 332nd Infantry Division

10th Panzer Division

SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Infantry Brigade

Luftwaffe

2nd Fighter Wing
26th Fighter Wing
2nd Bomber Wing
II/40th Bomber Wing
1.(F)/123 Reconnaissance

Operation Jubilee Order Of Battle