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    Unknown, likely heavy. Juno and 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.

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  2. Juno Beach, the second beach from the east among the five landing areas of the Normandy Invasion of World War II. It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, who took heavy casualties in the first wave but ultimately defeated the defending German troops.

  3. May 6, 2014 · Published Online May 6, 2014. Last Edited May 2, 2019. Juno Beach was the Allied code name for a 10 km stretch of French coastline assaulted by Canadian soldiers on D-Day, 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. The Canadian Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and 2nd Armoured Brigade seized the beach and its seaside villages while under intense ...

  4. The Allied invasion of France took place on June 6, 1944, along a fifty-mile stretch of beach in Normandy. The 1 and 30 Corps of British Second Army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Miles Dempsey, would land to the east on Gold, Juno, and Sword Beaches.

  5. Committed units. Juno Beach has 3 main areas, from west to east: “Love”, “Mike” and “Nan”. The first soldiers to land on this beach on June 6, 1944, belong to the 7th Brigade (consisting of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Regina Rifle regiments) and the 8th Brigade (consisting of the Queen Own Regiment and North Shore regiments Regiment).

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  7. Juno Beach was the beach assaulted by Canadian infantry on June 6, 1944, and the Canadians took relatively heavy casualties compared to the neighboring beaches of Gold and Sword. The beaches that they assaulted were relatively heavily defended compared to the neighboring beaches, and the initial wave suffered significant casualties.

  8. In this still frame from a D-Day newsreel, Canadian soldiers of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment leave the cover of their LCA (Landing Craft, Assault) at about 8:05 AM on June 6, 1944. These troops came ashore in the Nan Red sector of Juno Beach at La Rive, near the seaside town of St. Aubin-sur-Mer.

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