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'All right boys, we'll go' - CBC Archives
Canadian film made for 20th Anniversary of D-Day
Broadcast Date: May 24, 1964
The Canadians were all but annihilated at Dieppe in August 1942. Of an attacking force of 4,963, 907 men were killed, 586 wounded and 1,946 taken prisoner. But Canadian General H.D.G. Crerar says D-Day would have been a disaster were it not for the lessons of Dieppe. Among those lessons: don't assault a fortified fort; rather, attack on the beaches, give infantry support and plan it all down to the last hand grenade.

For all the planning, the weather nearly scuppered everything. Originally set for June 5 when tide conditions were ideal, D-Day was postponed a day due to rough weather. Things weren't much better 24 hours later, but the Supreme Allied Commander, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, pushed ahead. In this 20th anniversary CBC TV documentary, English General Sir Bernard Montgomery, commander of the land invasion, remembers Eisenhower's words: "All right boys, we'll go."