​​Operation Jubilee took place on 19 August 1942 and was undertaken predominantly by the Canadian 2nd Infantry Division. The objective was to hold the port of Dieppe, search for secret intelligence and technology (amongst other objectives), before withdrawing after around eight hours.

​German defences around ‘Green Beach’ included barbed wire along the beach and a seawall about a metre high. German rifles and machine gun positions covered the beach, with cliffs either side of the village. Further German positions, including a radar station, stood to the eastern side of the village (where the road now rises).

​The task of securing ‘Green Beach’ was allocated to the South Saskatchewan Regiment (SSR) and the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (Camerons). The SSR landed 523 men, the Camerons 503. The main objectives were to secure the western flank of the main assault beach in Dieppe, and advance inland to destroy the German defences and radar station.

​The SSR landed at 04:55, at 'nautical twilight’, only five minutes late. They achieved the element of surprise, with minimal fire from German forces on to the beach landing area.

​D Company, SSR, advanced beyond Pourville to a position on high ground, southeast of the village at ‘Four Winds Farm’. A Company, SSR, pushed eastwards towards the high ground, encountering stiffer German resistance. The intended landing area of ‘Green Beach’ was missed, leaving them on the wrong side of the River Scie. Here, just off the beach, Lieutenant Colonel Merritt earned a Victoria Cross for getting his men across the bridge and advancing east.

​The Camerons landed at 05:55, by then the German forces were aware of the landings and offered stiffer resistance. The Camerons advanced along the high ground to the west of Pourville but were held up by increased fire.

​At 09:30 the withdrawal command was given for the SSR and Camerons, who had failed to achieve their required objectives. Following withdrawal from ‘Green Beach’, of the 523 men of the SSR, 84 were killed, 89 were captured as prisoners of war, and 353 returned to England with 167 of them wounded. Of the 503 Camerons, 60 were killed, 167 were captured as prisoners of war, and 268 returned to England with 103 of them wounded. 16 men later died of wounds in hospital.