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What it says on the tin. OTL the Dieppe raid was basically a disaster for the WAllies, tarnished the reputation of Lord Mountbatten, and lead to serious revisions to the initial plans to invade Europe (Sledgehammer and/or Roundup). There's plenty of reasons as to why the operation failed (bad intel, serious lack of naval gun line support, the whole thing potentially being a cover for seizing an Enigma, etc).

So, for the sake of argument, how could the raid succeed? If the WAllies had better intel on the forces defending Dieppe, and had committed to serious naval support, would the operation have gone off as planned? Would a successful Dieppe raid lead to either Sledgehammer or Roundup going forward in '43? If the purpose of the raid was to secure a four-rotor Enigma, and was successful, how does this affect Ultra?
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