The North Shore (NB) Regiment came under intense fire at St. They pressed inland towards Graye-sur-Mer, where they joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. They had trained for house-to-house combat and now put that training to use, battling the Germans streetДЇurther west, the Canadian Scottish landed and quickly captured a German emplacement. The Royal Regina Rifles seized most of the German strong points. (courtesy Francis Godon/The Memory Project)Д«y 0800 hours the Canadians had secured their first beachhead at Courseulles-sur-Mer. So long as you were movingВ -В they were guessing.вЂќДЇrancis Godon at training camp in North Bay, Ontario, 1942. вЂњYou couldnвЂ™t stand still,вЂќ recalled Francis Godon of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, вЂњbecause if you stand right there the machine guns are going to be after you. Many died before they even reached the shore. Unlike the Regina unit, they landed before any tanks. A few minutes later, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles landed west of Courseulles. Regiment from London, Ontario, landed on the beach facing Courseulles-sur-Mer, followed by the Royal Regina At 0745 hours the tanks of the 1stВ Hussars, a The Germans responded with intense fire against both men and landing craft. The first to reach the shore were the engineer units, which were tasked with clearing mines and obstacles from the beaches. The soldiers would have to take them out one by one.

(Charlie Martin, Battle Diary)Дespite the massive bombardment from the Allied battleships, the German bunkers and pillboxes, built of thick concrete reinforced with steel, proved resistant to anything but a direct hit. We fanned out as fast as we could, heading for that seawall. Go! Go! Go!вЂќ We raced down the ramp, Jack and I side by side, the men closely following. Mortars were dropping all over the beachвЂ¦ I said to Jack, across from me, and to everyone: вЂњMove! Fast! DonвЂ™t stop forДЄnything. It could have been a picture postcard of any one of a hundred tiny FrenchД«eaches with a village behindВ -В not the real thing.вЂќ The order rang out: вЂњDown ramp.вЂќ The moment the ramp came down, heavy machine-gun fire broke out from somewhere back of the seawall. Fifteen hundred yards of beach stretched from the far left to the far right. We had never felt so alone in our lives,вЂќ wrote Charlie Martin in Battle Diary: F rom D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE (1994), his memoir Dubervill/Library and Archives Canada) | (Lieut. Lindenas, preparing to lay a minefield in Bretteville-Orgueilleuse, France, 20 June 1944. Peto, Company Sergeant-Major Charlie Martin and Rifleman N.E.

вЂњOur platoon commanderвЂ¦had to run to the side, and he puked and lost all his false teeth вЂњEverybody was sick,вЂќ recalled Jack Martin of the QueenвЂ™s Own Rifles. The flotilla of some 7,000 ships crossed the English Channel in churning seas and lashing winds. Later we were at the beach.вЂќ Jackson was one of many veterans interviewed for Lance GoddardвЂ™s D-Day: Juno Beach, CanadaвЂ™s 24 Hours of Destiny (2004). Who were the Canadian soldiers? вЂњYou have to remember that we were young, irresponsible, and slowly growing upВ -В but not normal growing up,вЂќ recalled Rolph Jackson of the QueenвЂ™s Own Rifles, вЂњbecause we joined the army as kids and four years German forces in Normandy, led by the experienced General Erwin Rommel, had been strengthening the Atlantic Wall with millions of mines and obstacles. Finally, a target date was set, and the planners The Canadian disaster at DieppeВ proved what an extreme challenge lay ahead. The invasion had been years in the planning. Juno Beach, one of five assault beaches, was assigned to the Canadian ArmyвЂ™s 3rdВ Infantry Division and 2ndВ Armoured Brigade. Over 10,000 Canadian sailors in 110 warships, 15 RCAF squadronsДЄnd 14,000 soldiers took part in D-Day. On 6 June 1944, Canadian forces took part in the greatest amphibious operation in military history.

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