The Second Front What? -diversion for Germans Why? -to relieve pressure on Russia Results: -England agreed to help -Canada asked to send soldiers		Another reason for the Dieppe raid was to create a second front. The Russians had been fighting the Germans in Eastern Europe since the summer of 1941. By 1942, they wanted England to relieve the pressure on Russia by creating a diversion for the Germans in Western Europe. England agreed and asked Canada to send its soldiers in Britain to fight the Germans.