Juno Beach 6th June 1944
Juno Beach Centre
Open in 2004, the Juno Beach Centre tells the story of Canada’s D Day and the involvement of Canadian Soldiers in Normandy. For more information visit:
Beny Canadian Cemetery
Situated inland from Juno Beach, this cemetery contains the graves of more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers who fell in the first few days after D Day. It is located just off the D79 Caen road.
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Juno Beach was the sector allocated to Major General R.F.L.Keller's 3rd (Canadian) Division on D Day. The right flank was the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade and 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment from la Rivière to Courseulles sur Mer, in the middle was 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade with 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (in reserve) from Courseulles to Bernières sur Mer, and on the left 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade with 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment in front of St Aubin sur Mer. They were to be assisted with specialist tanks from the British 79th (Armoured) Division to clear mines, and knock out pillboxes.
The objective on D Day was firstly to land on the beaches and secure all the villages on the Divisional front. Then push inland to a line ending on the Bayeux-Caen road.
Despite some localised opposition, the landings went generally very well with minimal casualties and fewer than 400 dead in the entire division. Although some D Day objectives were not reached, in several places Canadian units managed to push further inland than had been planned.