Normandy 1944
Juno Beach Centre — Courseulles
D-Day · Beach · Canadian 3rd Division
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaBayeux, Gold & Juno
TypeD-Day · Beach · Canadian 3rd Division
Time to allow1 h
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.33730, -0.46000
The story
The Canadians took the heaviest losses of the British beaches in the first hour, then advanced further inland than any other force on D-Day.
What to look for
Canada's museum on the beach; German bunkers in the dunes.
Nearby sites
- Bény-sur-Mer Canadian Cemetery · 4 km
- British Normandy Memorial, Ver-sur-Mer · 6 km
- Arromanches-les-Bains / Mulberry Harbour · 12 km
- Hillman fortress — Colleville-Montgomery · 14 km
- Sword Beach — Ouistreham · 16 km
- Caen Memorial Museum · 16 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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