Dieppe
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Oct 10, 2026
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Thomas Freebairn SmithVOICE_ACTOR
I arrived in Paris on the 3:14 express from Dieppe, and went immediately to my hotel in the Rue de la Fete.
Thomas Freebairn SmithVOICE_ACTOR
My actions so far had worked out according to my planned schedule.
Thomas Freebairn SmithVOICE_ACTOR
I slept for exactly two hours, got up and dressed, donned a great coat, walked down the Avenue de l'Opera, and entered a side door of the Louvre.
David WalesNARRATOR
From prison Wilde came to France.
David WalesNARRATOR
In Vie, a remote little village near Dieppe, there settled a Sebastian Melmoth.
David WalesNARRATOR
That was he.
David WalesNARRATOR
Of his French friends I had been the last to see him.
David WalesNARRATOR
I wished to be the first to see him again.
David WalesNARRATOR
I arrived about midday without having announced myself in advance.
David WalesNARRATOR
Melmoth, whom friendship with tea brought often to Dieppe, was not expected back that evening.
David WalesNARRATOR
He did not arrive until midnight.
Stefan MolyneuxHOST
I used to watch occasionally war movies, you know, like the Second World War movies and so on.
Stefan MolyneuxHOST
I kind of grew up on them, the big movies from the Second World War and so on, Battle of Britain and D-Day and Dieppe, not Dieppe, First World War.
Stefan MolyneuxHOST
So I can't watch them.
Stefan MolyneuxHOST
I mean, I haven't watched them in forever because now it's just like, helpless slaves being slaughtered for bankers.
B.J. HarrisonHOST
The trains had been slow and the channel had been rough, so that the student arrived in Paris in a somewhat befogged and feverish condition.
B.J. HarrisonHOST
On reaching the Hôtel de France in the Rue Lafitte he had thrown himself upon a sofa for a couple of hours, but finding that he was unable to sleep he determined in spite of his fatigue to make his way to the Louvre, settle the point which he had come to decide, and take the evening train back to Dieppe.
B.J. HarrisonHOST
Having come to this conclusion, he donned his greatcoat, for it was a raw rainy day, and made his way across the Boulevards Italiens and down the Avenue de l'Opera.
B.J. HarrisonHOST
Once in the Louvre, he was on familiar ground, and he speedily made his way to the collection of papyri which it was his intention to consult.
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This moment has been a long time coming, as the Germans knew the Allies were planning their return to the continent.
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Allied amphibious raids in 1942 at Dieppe and St Nazaire demonstrated to the German command that the Allies were eyeing a return to the continent via France.
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By the spring of 1942, the tide of the Second World War began to turn against Nazi Germany.
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Desperate to hold onto the gains of 1940 in Western Europe, Hitler orders the creation of the Atlantic Wall in March of 1942.
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The German military had expected an invasion of Western Europe since the spring of 1942.
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As the fortunes of war turned against the Axis, a cross-channel invasion from Britain became increasingly likely.
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The disastrous Anglo-Canadian raid on the French port of Dieppe in August of 1942 was a smashing victory for the Nazis, but it was an ominous sign that the Allies had their sights set on an amphibious invasion of Western Europe.
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In anticipation of a seaborne assault, Fuhrer Directive Number 40 was issued on the 23rd of March, 1942, which called for the construction of an Atlantic Wall to prevent the Allies from landing.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
I do not mean by this that English swimming is necessarily better than French.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
From what I have seen of both, there is little to choose between them, and some of the best diving I ever saw was done at Dieppe, largely by the natives.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
But there is this difference between them.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
The French woman who cannot swim simply does not bother about it.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
For bathing in public, a dress has to contain so much material that its texture, since it is to be saturated with water, becomes of the first importance.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
For those who can afford it, I should unhesitatingly recommend taffeta silk of the strongest kind.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
The prettiest and most serviceable bathing dress I have seen, worn at Dieppe by an English girl, was in black taffeta, and would satisfy every requirement of the woman who wants to swim and look well at the same time.
Leanne HowlettNARRATOR
It was light, strong, did not sling, looked the same wet or dry, and dried quickly when exposed to the air.
David WalesNARRATOR
From prison Wilde came to France.
David WalesNARRATOR
In Vie, a remote little village near Dieppe, there settled a Sebastian Melmoth.
David WalesNARRATOR
That was he.
David WalesNARRATOR
Of his French friends I had been the last to see him.
David WalesNARRATOR
I wished to be the first to see him again.
David WalesNARRATOR
I arrived about midday without having announced myself in advance.
David WalesNARRATOR
Melmoth, whom friendship with tea brought often to Dieppe, was not expected back that evening.
David WalesNARRATOR
He did not arrive until midnight.
Max HastingsGUEST
He treated the war as his sort of personal adventure.
Max HastingsGUEST
He'd been involved in one or two commando raids, and he'd actually received a decoration for his part in the commando raid on Dieppe back in 1942.
Max HastingsGUEST
But Lovett was unbelievably arrogant, as many aristocrats are.
Max HastingsGUEST
And Lovett really regarded everybody, including Montgomery, as an idiot, except himself.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
C. Hamilton Chester of Chester Park, New York City, called April the seventh.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
Reputation damaged at Dieppe, France.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
To be repaired by October the first.
Peter YearsleyNARRATOR
Retainer, five hundred dollars.' Note, C. Hamilton Chester, Captain U.S.S. Avalanche, ordered home from South Sea Squadron, October the first.
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