adi ▁Category : I - T au ke i ▁F ij ian ▁people ▁Category : F iji ▁international ▁football ers ▁Category : Associ ation ▁football ▁def enders <0x0A> </s> ▁Die ppe ▁is ▁a ▁two - part ▁Canadian ▁ ▁television ▁mini - series ▁that ▁a ired ▁on ▁C BC ▁Television ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁It ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁book ▁Un author ized ▁Action : ▁Mount b atten ▁and ▁the ▁Die ppe ▁Ra id ▁by ▁Brian ▁L oring ▁Villa . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁series ▁chron ic led ▁the ▁events ▁that ▁led ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁inf am ous ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁Die ppe ▁Ra id ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁ 3 , 3 6 7 ▁Canadian ▁tro op ers ▁either ▁being ▁captured , ▁wounded ▁or ▁killed . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁Production ▁It ▁was ▁critic ized ▁for ▁not ▁being ▁completely ▁accurate , ▁and ▁over d ram at izing ▁the ▁events ▁that ▁took ▁place . ▁ ▁Awards ▁Die ppe ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁ 1 1 ▁Gem ini ▁Awards , ▁winning ▁two ▁including ▁Best ▁M ini - Series . ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁DVD ▁by ▁the ▁C BC ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁just ▁before ▁the ▁ 6 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁Die ppe ▁ra id . ▁The ▁DVD ▁included ▁behind - the - sc enes ▁foot age ▁and ▁various ▁inter views ▁and ▁news ▁stories ▁that ▁a ired ▁about ▁the ▁show ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3