Another significance that resulted from initiating the Dieppe Raid was that it deepened knowledge of Canadian forces as it provided a glimpse of what awaited the allies onshore. This allowed them to modify attack plans and artillery from occasions such as Dieppe, where weather conditions and pebbly landscape that affected landing locations, and caused the immobility of tanks (Whitaker 52). Due to the acknowledgement of the tank immobility problem, Canadian engineers were able to create tank caterpillars that would allow tanks to track across the pebble terrain; a revolutionary solution which came from the experience with tanks from Dieppe. Conclusively D-Day was successful due to the painful lessons learned from the failures at Dieppe. The Dieppe raid carved a path of success due to Canadians taking the initiative to war and improving from its mistakes.
Dieppe demonstrated Canada's devotion to the war by helping other allies in need of assistance such as using massive amounts of troops. In 1942, Western Europe had been conquered by Germany, and they were in the suburbs of Moscow ready to attack. Stalin needed help, thus he asked the Allies to help the USSR by opening up a Western front in Europe.(Monroe) The Canadians were the first to respond as they eagerly wanted to prevent Hitler from throwing all the might of his armies against the Soviets. In performing this raid, Canadian troops aided Stalin and his Soviet forces by essentially distracting the Germans from the Russian front. Canada was also the country who put the most resources into this raid. Approximately five-thousand troops were issued for this raid, much more than the Free French, American and British who provided just nearly 1000 troops altogether (The 1942 Dieppe Raid). Also, the Canadians used more aircraft, ships, and artillery than the other countries (The 1942 Dieppe Raid). As an ally of Britain, Canada showed its devotion again in an attempt to help Britain get a seaport for later use in its expansion into mainland Europe.
