Juno Beach became a battlefield for thousands of Canadian and German troops on June 6th 1944, as most know, this was during WWII, this is also the cause of the battle that started in  the sands of the beach. Many died  in the war that was held  because the allied forced wanted headquarters in Normandy, and obviously the Germans couldn't have that and went to fight the Canadians back. The allied forces wanted Headquarters there so in case they we're over-run, they could head back there to help the wounded. The battle on Juno beach brought victory to the allied forces so even today we still remember the troops who lost their lives.


On D-Day June 6 1944 Operation Overlord the long awaited Nazi invasion the Allied armies from the U.S. Britain and Canada landing on the coast of Normandy.  On D-Day the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed on Juno Beach.  The Canadian assault troops stormed the shore in the face of fierce appoints from German strongholds and the mined beaches.  The soldiers raced across the wide-open beaches swept with machine gun fire and stormed the gun positions.  In fierce hands to hands fighting they fought their way into the towns of Bernieres Courseulles and St. Aubin and then advanced inland securing a critical bridges for the allied invasions.  The victory was a turning point in World War II and led to the defeat of Nazi Germany's.



What was D-Day, D-day was an operation to take control of the Normandy beaches.  That gives the allied forces a foothold.  Canada takes control of the beach named Juno.  The four other beaches were taken care of the U.K and U.S.A the other beaches were called sword, gold, Utah and Omaha.  It happened in Normandy, France in June 6 1944 it was during World War II. All the country's that were involved in D-Day were Canada, U.S.A and the U.K.  

Juno Beach was the code name of one of the five main landing sites of the Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy on D-Day June 6 1944 during World War II. It was the beach between Sword Beach and Gold Beach.  It is also known as the Canadian beach as it was assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.  Juno Beach stretched from Saint Aubin sur Mer on the east to Courseulles sur Mer on the west.  The 3rd Canadian Division was placed under the command of British I Corps for the initial phase of the invasion and did not come under Canadian command again until July 1944 and the establishment of II Canadian Corps headquarters in Normandy.  Although Juno Beach was assigned to the Canadians a number of British units commandos, specialized armour and assault engineers were present supporting the Canadian assault.

           

Over 14000 young Canadians stormed Juno Beach on D-Day.  Their courage determination and hope were the reasons for the success in those many hours.  The fighting they endured was fierce and frightening.  The price they paid was high the battle for the beach coasted around 340 Canadian lives and another 574 wounded.  At the end of the day Canada was the farthest into France than of the other countries. The operation the Canadians faced was stronger than that of any other beaches. That was an accomplishment for Canada.

By the end of D-Day the 3rd Canadian Division had was the farthest into France than any other Allied force advancing around 10 km.  At the cost of almost 1,000 casualties including 335 killed.  The 7th Infantry Brigade dug in at Banville and Reviers while the 8th Brigade with the 10th Armoured Regiment reached Colomby sur Thaon.


Juno beach was the Battlefield for thousands of Canadian and German troops. Juno beach was planned for June 5 1944, but it was postponed for one day because of there was a bad storm. D-Day was a two year planned attack.out of all thoes thuosands of Canadian some of those Canadian are alive to day. Even though most people don't think about what happened on that day June 6 1944, we still honour those troops that died in battle on Juno Beach.