Juno Beach

The Canadian troops were assigned to land at Juno beach on D-Day and push inland. Juno had been divided into two beaches, 'Mike' and 'Nan'. The 7th Canadian Brigade Group under Brigadier HW Foster would land on Mike and the …

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The Canadian troops were assigned to land at Juno beach on D-Day and push inland. Juno had been divided into two beaches, 'Mike' and 'Nan'. The 7th Canadian Brigade Group under Brigadier HW Foster would land on Mike and the 8th under Brigadier KG Blackader on Nan. Each brigade would have DD tanks in support. Foster's force landed on Mike Red and Nan Green on either side of the River Seulles. On the right, the Canadian infantry arrived before their supporting armour and was welcomed by a barrage of German fire from two concrete bunkers position on either side of the river. On the left the infantry was rapidly caught up in a hard fight for the defended village of Courseuilles. Although the Sherman tanks from the 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment gave supporting fire, it was the infantry that stormed the village house by house and secured the position. Meanwhile on the right, once the bunkers fell, the infantry pushed inland and captured Vaux, Graye and the bridges over the River Seulles. This was a return to France, for a number of Canadians who had fought in the tragic Dieppe Raid of August 1942. It was a chance for some 'payback' and, once ashore, the 'Canucks' achieved the deepest penetration inland of any of the Allied landings on D-Day.

Juno Beach, France

Juno or Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War. The beach spanned from Courseulles, a village just east of the British beach Gold, to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, and just west of the British beach Sword. Taking Juno was the responsibility of the Canadian Army, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the Royal Canadian Navy and the British Royal Navy as well as elements from the Free French, Norwegian, and other Allied navies. The objectives of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on D-Day were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the Carpiquet airport west of Caen, and form a link between the two British beaches on either flank.

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