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title: Wallace Reyburn Says...
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-wallace-reyburn-says-second-front-shipping-1939/
description: A uniformed man in a cut-out photograph stands before a clipping headed 'I Was Six Hours Ashore At Dieppe', over the quotation that the governing factor
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# Wallace Reyburn Says...

A uniformed man in a cut-out photograph stands before a clipping headed 'I Was Six Hours Ashore At Dieppe', over the quotation that the governing factor about a Second Front is shipping. The tell is the eyewitness's name and uniform standing as the authority for the claim that shipping, and so shipbuilding, decides the second front (testimonial).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
WALLACE REYBURN
"I Was Six Hours Ashore At Dieppe"
Standard Writer, Wounded In Fighting, Tells of Battle
Following is a personal story of the fighting in Dieppe town by ... Reyburn, Standard staff correspondent, who saw more of ... other writer and returned to England slightly wound[ed] ... boats sunk under him.
By WALLACE REYBUR[N]
(Strictly Copyright. Any infringement ...
I WAS ATTACHED to the South Saskatch[ewan] ... first to reach the beaches of Dieppe. ... [clipping text partly covered; not transcribed further]
Missed Death in Trap

SAYS: "Brave men can make the landing. The governing factor about a Second Front is shipping. I saw the huge number of ships which were used for the Dieppe raid. But there'll have to be a constant shuttle of ships crossing the sea to bring reinforcements and supplies. And there'll have to be enough ships left over to supply Britain with its needs. That's the governing factor."
```

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