It will be 75 years ago Saturday, along a rocky shoreline on the northwest coast of France, that the Canadian military suffered its bloodiest loss of the Second World War.

The ill-fated, pre-dawn raid near the resort town of Dieppe would eventually claim the lives of 916 of the nearly 5,000 participating Canadian troops.

Archie Sudbury (left) in uniform and a friend just after he joined the armed forces in 1937.Submitted photo

Located at a break in the heavily defended cliffs, the region had been chosen in part because of it being within range of British fighter planes, which were to support the amphibious attack.

The Allies too suffered badly, losing 119 aircraft, their worst single-day plane losses of the war.

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Things immediately went bad for the men as the German resistance intensified and the harsh terrain only added to the problem.

Many men were taken off the beaches under heavy fire. However, by the afternoon, the remaining Canadians were forced to surrender.

The Dieppe Raid was over.

Nearly 2,000 Canadians were taken prisoner and forced to spend two-plus years in the harsh German prisoner of war camps.

Marking the anniversary again this year in France is Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 Bob Sudbury. His father Archie, although he did not take part in the raid, was a member of the 16th Battery 3rd LAA (Light Anti-Aircraft) Regiment that did.

Sudbury remembers sitting by himself in the Puys war cemetery on his Nov. 11, 2003 visit to France.

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He went to Puys, a few kilometres north of Dieppe, last year in an unofficial capacity.

Having previously talked to veterans who were there on that fateful day has brought the horror of that time home for him.

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What Sudbury especially likes are the large number of kids from the French region who attend the ceremonies.

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He also recalled a time when he took his elderly father to a Remembrance service at Vancouver College.

Bob Sudbury of Penticton will be representing his father and the Penticton Royal Canadian Legion Saturday at the services marking the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid.Mark Brett/Western News

Helping kids understand the sacrifice of veterans is also a large part of why each year he goes to Holy Cross School to help children there celebrate Remembrance Day.

According to Sudbury, his father always regretted not being at Dieppe with his men but he was in Normandy for D-Day.

And while the Dieppe Raid will go down as one of the darkest and bloodiest times in Canada香蕉视频直播檚 military history, thanks to the efforts of Sudbury and others, those who made the ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten.